Entryway

Our goals focus on transforming lives by providing individuals and families experiencing situational homelessness with a clear pathway to economic independence and stable housing. Specifically, our goals are to:
• Increase economic self-sufficiency: Equip participants with career training, skills, and mentorship to achieve long-term employment with livable wages.
• Expand access to stable housing: Provide participants with discounted housing opportunities through partnerships with multifamily housing companies.
• Lift families out of homelessness: Support participants and their families in achieving stability and independence, reducing the long-term prevalence of homelessness.

Provide quality, relevant training and job services so that participants are upskilled and prepared for fulltime, entry-level positions with benefits in property management for multifamily apartment owners and operators.
• Online training career paths for leasing, maintenance, groundskeeping, etc.
• Assistance in securing certifications needed for new positions
• Resume and interview preparation
Connect participants and their families with employment and discounted housing opportunities.
• Match participants with opportunities available with our 90+ multifamily hiring partners
• Negotiate significant housing discounts including waived deposits and first month’s rent, monthly discounts so that housing costs are not more than 30% of participant’s income.
Provide ongoing support to hired participants and their families
• Reduce costs to new home by securing furniture and household items through national partner CORT
• Continued check-ins and liaising with hiring company
• Resource referrals for food, transportation, childcare, etc.
• Ongoing education through online classes
Continue to build partnerships for the organization on both a national and local level
• Referring partners
• Hiring partners
• Funding partners