Amy teaching "The Works"is a nonprofit organization based in Duluth, Minnesota. We provide affordable, holistic, and creative career planning services to job seekers and career changers.
We utilize a personalized team approach, focusing on the client's life passions, core values, and talents so they can identify, obtain, and keep their ideal job. Simply put, we help people get meaningful, sustainable jobs.
Mission: Keep our community working!
Vision: SOAR Career Solutions is the employment services leader in the Northland. Our innovative programs serve people at all levels of career and personal development, and our collaborative partnerships are an essential community resource.
SEE QUALIFIERS FOR PROGRAM BELOW......
Through a Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Grant (MJSP), ninety lower-income Minnesota residents in the Duluth area will have the opportunity to be trained for entry level manufacturing and industrial sewing positions and move up the career ladder to better-paying jobs. The beauty of the MJSP program is that participants receive training in job skills that area employers are actually seeking. Participants are selected because they have an income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines ($21,660/year for a single person) and they have met the education and employability criteria.
"The training funded through this grant will lead to jobs with livable wages and advancement opportunities. These funds improve our ability to help low income residents to become self-sufficient and increase their incomes”, said Rebecca Ellenson, Executive Director of SOAR Career Solutions.
In addition to MJSP Funds, other leveraged resources include United Way of Greater Duluth, Community Development Block Grant, Ordean Foundation and Duluth LISC. These resources provide the pre-employment, post-employment and support services needed by the target population for success in both the training and the workplace. Covered are the cost of client intakes, vocational testing, pre-employment and career development workshops, support services fine-tuned for each participant’s needs and employment networking. Mayor Don Ness praised SOAR for strengthening Duluth’s work force by “tapping into untapped resources” in the community.
“It’s a joy to see the work SOAR does for the Duluth community.”
Paul Moe, director of MN Job Skills Partnership
Qualifiers for program: (Must meet the following criteria)
| Persons in family | Poverty Guidelines |
| 1 | $21,660 |
| 2 | 29,140 |
| 3 | 36,620 |
| 4 | 44,100 |
| 5 | 51,580 |
| 6 | 59,060 |
| 7 | 66,540 |
| 8 | 74,020 |
“SOAR is an excellent example of the right people, in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing,”
Dr. Kathleen Nelson, President of Lake Superior College
Soar Career Solutions · 205 West 2nd Street · Suite 101 · Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218) 722-3126 · Fax: (218) 722-4617 · Email: info@soarcareers.org
This website was made possible through a grant from the Duluth/Superior Area Community Foundation. We are grateful for their support!
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