REV TUFTS JEANS FAITH BASED JOB PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

From Margaret Bernstein's Metro [Plain Dealer], September 29, 2012

"Jobs Partnership program uses faith to open up jobs for the unemployed: Margaret Bernstein

The Rev. Yvonne Tufts Jeans could see how swiftly the door of the local job market was revolving for low-skilled workers.

 

A decade ago, her job as a ShoreBank vice president in Cleveland included helping entrepreneurs connect with local job-seekers moving from welfare to work.

 

But after the first paycheck, many of the employees she'd referred just didn't show back up to work.

 

The problem nagged at her. These short-lived workers needed some help, she realized -- "not just to get the job but to keep the job."

 

But how do you package up a work ethic and instill it? Who best to deliver such a message? ..... " 

 

 

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