Education

Job training and education: Ingredients for life-long opportunities

People FirstUSI and its local partners help former Tidewater Gardens residents find the job training they need for employment or advance into higher-paying positions. Even for those who have little to no work experience, People FirstUSI can help. People FirstUSI also offers one-on-one employment counseling to help you be successful in the workplace.

Job-training advantages add up!

  • Expand earning potential
  • Improve median household incomes based on hourly wages
  • Focus on better opportunities for both unemployed and employed
  • Expand completion rates in workforce-development programs
  • Encourage sustainable employment
  • Provide individualized employment-placement strategies

Education offers promising paths forward.


Early Learning Strategies

  • Improve access to early learning and family support
  • Stabilize and strengthen parent/caregiver/child relationships
  • Connect children with early literacy opportunities
  • Identify and treat developmental delays in early learners

Education Strategies

  • Improve child school attendance
  • Get parents involved in their child’s school life
  • Improve access to out-of-school academic programs
  • Reduce transportation barriers
  • Reduce suspensions
  • Help youth develop career paths and goals
  • Help kids improve social and emotional health