LINKING HOMELESS ASSISTANCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Linking Homeless Assistance and Workforce Development, Washington State In King County and Washington State, AHP is working with leaders in a Community Employment Pathways (CEP) Project for Homeless Job Seekers, facilitating a process for formulating strategies that seek to improve collaboration, enhance homeless assistance and employment services, and promote systems change in order to encourage integration across the workforce development and homeless assistance systems. In a project sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AHP is helping the community link the service systems required to prioritize activities, design funding strategies, and achieve outcomes that result in more jobs for homeless people that are aligned with the needs of employers in the local economy. The CEP involves a six-step process: understanding the needs of homeless job seekers; building blocks for a community employment pathway; preparing for change; researching community needs and resources; development a formal CEP plan; and implementing community employment pathways.
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