Program areas at Handup Network
THE RETAIL TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE WORKERS FOR JOBS WITHIN THE RETAIL TRADE. CLIENTS ARE TRAINED IN AN ACTUAL RETAIL STORE TO PREPARE THEM FOR RETAIL POSITIONS, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. There are also eCommerce sales. THIS PROGRAM SERVED 18,788 INDIVIDUALS DURING 2022. THE RETAIL STORE ALSO USES MANY VOLUNTEERS. IN 2022, 329 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS VOLUNTEERED OVER 5,345 HOURS.
Hand up response teams are a vital part of the organization's mission by providing unique teams for specific needs. Network response teams are led by the entity to provide community outreach, community service and/or disaster response. Community outreach teams augment specific outreach missions to local communities including specific focus of interest in difficult situations such as homelessness. Emergency response teams provide supplies and labor in response to local and regional disasters. These teams impacted 54,811 individuals during 2022 with the help of 150 volunteers investing 552 hours.
Hand up provides resources to individuals who need assistance in life in order to support themselves and become a contributing member of society. The entity provides resources to these individuals in the areas of mentorship, counseling, employee training and financial literacy. During 2022, these programs served 192 individuals with help of staff and 5 volunteers who served for over 117 hours.
Victim services is a group of trained staff and volunteers that respond to the victims of crime. The team operates 24/7 and it's not uncommon to have multiple responses going on simultaneously. This is not a short-term response, but the beginning of a long, multi-year journey for many as they begin the judicial and medical journey to recovery. The victim services team helps the victim manage this process, while we also help them to start the journey to restoration of their lives utilizing our mentoring, response teams, and organizational partners as needed. This program influenced 360 individuals in 2022 and utilized 2 volunteers for 168 hours.
The immigration services team is designed to assist those navigating the immigration process. An example of these services includes personal consultation, family-based immigration, humanitarian relief, citizenship services, residence services, assistance to survivors of domestic and other violent crimes, daca, etc. In addition to immigration services, hun is developing training in regard to civics, fafsa, esl, and other education curriculums to help first- and second-generation immigrants achieve success in our community. In our first 6 months, 3 fulltime, certified specialists influenced 472 people. They were also active in 11 remote consulate events where they spoke to 6,835 people.