Hunger for Success

Overall project goals, expected impact and specific, measurable objectives;
- Train 100 people that live at or below the federal poverty level (FPL).
- 50% of participants will successfully enter a higher education program.
- Participants will apply for 10 full time family wage jobs a day, five days a week consistently
- Participants will interview five times a month consistently
- Participants will be responsive to communication within three days of contact via email or phone
- Participants will complete each program milestone prior to applying for full time family wage jobs
- Participant will use Indeed.com to search and track the number of applications and interviews they accomplish each month
- Participants will provide Hunger For Success monthly input on the quality and quantity of job searches emailed by Indeed.com so modifications can be made timely
- 90% of participants will increase their income by 50% in the first year, and another 50% in years two and three.

We are currently networking with high schools, food banks, and working with Vocational Rehab DHS with the state of Oregon and Washington. We have also started to work with recovery programs in Los Angeles and in Battle Ground, Washington to help people in recovery find and keep meaningful work.

In addition we're actively implementing a social media marketing campaign to raise awareness of our training and attract more participants.

In terms of fundraising, we are engaged in local community campaigns, attracting individual donors, and engaging potential smaller corporate partners to provide the necessary resources to engage in specific marketing campaigns to attract more participants.

Description of who will be involved in executing the project and their qualifications for such involvement;
- The founder will be executing the project from the beginning.
- The founder has over 30 years in retail as a trainer, hiring manager, and professional development expert for Fortune 500 companies.
- Has overseen and managed a total of $700 Million in his career.
- Over 20 years consulting with nonprofits as it relates to funding (grant writing), strategic planning, and board training.
- MBA in Nonprofit Management
- Promoted over 100 managers to higher positions and promoted over 1,000 associates to a supervisory level.

Accomplishments:

1. Helped four families find and keep family wage jobs.
2. Currently helping seven more families and are working towards finding them a family wage job while training them on how to write an effective resume and learn several key strategies within the professional development field.

Opportunities:
1. Reaching more participants
2. Helping more people attain college entrance
3. Increase retention and decrease drop out rates and/or lack of engagement when starting the program.