Economic Advancement

We work to help community members gain equitable opportunity to reach their full potential. Our Economic Advancement programs offer more than just jobs—they help both men and women attain life and job skills through training, education, computer classes, internships, job placement, and career development centers.

YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish works to increase equity and opportunity in our community through our Economic Advancement programs. We are on a mission to overcome racial and gender disparities and reduce institutional and societal barriers that drive inequalities in compensation, education, and employment opportunities.

YWCA offers more than a dozen Economic Advancement programs, which help low-income women and men overcome barriers to employment, secure living wage jobs, and build career pathways.
YWCA’s Economic Advancement programs served over 600 clients in King County in 2021.
Each program is tailored to meet the unique needs of the community, with services that include career centers, job training and placement, financial resources and coaching, as well as specialized services for populations that face higher barriers to employment (i.e. experiencing homelessness, formerly incarcerated, veterans, youth, over 55).

YWCA operates an increasing number of different economic empowerment programs, based out of ten different King County locations. We currently offer the following Economic Advancement programs and partnerships:

Career center locations: Auburn Learning Center, Greenbridge Learning Center, Opportunity Place, Seola Gardens Technology Center, WorkSource
Financial resources: Economic Resilience Initiative, Hope & Power for Your Personal Finances, Money Mechanics
Job training programs: BankWork$, Basic Food Employment & Training, Career Pathways, Community Jobs, Resources to Initiate Successful Employment, Women in Manufacturing
Specialized employment programs: Employment & Housing Stability, Greenbridge Youth Employment, Homeless Intervention, King County Jobs Initiative, Rapid Re-Housing for Single Adults, Title V Employment, Veterans Employment
Legal services: WorkFirst Legal Navigation

Our programs ensure that families, as well as individuals, are empowered by creating and promoting local wealth, eventually leading from the path of poverty to prosperity. Our programs are sustainable, successful, and inclusive, and propel our clients to the next level of achievement.

Documents

YWCA Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet 2023.pdf

Related Economic Advancement Programs

YWCA's BankWork$ prepares low-income job seekers for banking positions as a first step on the career ladder in the financial services industry.

Job Training

CareerWork$ Ready is a free, online job readiness training created in response to the need to help job seekers reenter the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic health crisis.

Job Training

YWCA's employment and job training program for low-income adults on the Eastside. Through case management, participants get the tools and resources to support them to secure a living wage job, build financial stability, and find economic empowerment.

Job Training

Financial classes, workshops, coaching, and resources to help women and families build economic stability and empowerment, with many offered in both English and Spanish. Also provides financial training for domestic violence service providers.

Financial Education

Femme2STEM is a free program designed to help 16 – 24 year old young womxn of color, particularly Black womxn and girls, advance in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career and education opportunities. Femme2STEM pairs participants to STEM employers, mentors, and community.

Youth Development

Acquired in 2007 and located in White Center alongside King County Library and King County Housing Authority, Greenbridge serves public housing and King County Section 8 residents, low income job seekers, local youth, and other residents in the surrounding White Center community.

Career Centers

Financial Education

Job Training

YWCA’s Homeless Employment Program, provides people experiencing homelessness or people who are at risk of homelessness with a full range of individualized employment and support services needed to achieve self-sufficiency and stable housing.

Job Training

Free classes and computer skills for residents at Firwood Circle and the surrounding community in Auburn. Individuals can build their futures through job training and readiness, educational classes and workshops, and other programs for economic advancement.

Career Centers

Job Training

An educational home visiting program for families with children between 16 months and 2 1/2 years old.

Youth Development

PharmacyWork$ is a free, online job readiness training created in response to help meet the needs of today’s workforce and the need to help job seekers reenter the workforce.

Job Training

Access to computers and free technology tools to residents of Seola Gardens and the surrounding community in White Center and Highline.

Career Centers

Job Training

WorkFirst Employment Programs for TANF Parents offers a variety of transitional jobs programs that provide a bridge to unsubsidized employment for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) participants.

Job Training

YWCA WorkFirst Legal Navigation Program provides TANF parents with one-on-one legal systems navigation and offers Legal Navigation Workshops to the public.

Financial Education

Legal Services

Economic Advancement

Offering free, business-appropriate attire to women in need of clothing for interviews or new jobs.

Job Training

WorkSource Affiliate Downtown Seattle is an American Job Center operated by the YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish at YWCA Opportunity Place in Downtown Seattle.

Career Centers

Job Training

Our Youth Employment Program and Youth Opportunity Navigation Programs help teens and young adults pave a path towards college and career success.

Youth Development

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