Voice and Vocation: A workforce practitioner's guide to building hope jobs and opportunity

For many people steeped in homelessness and poverty the worst day is every day; and so before we do the heavy lifting of getting back to work we may first need to find a way to get back to hope.For 30 years Cara Collective has been in the business of creating hope jobs and opportunity so that the world can see what they see: the limitless talent pool in our communities most affected by poverty. Their unique approach to workforce development - shifting perspectives of jobseekers on whats possible for the future and shifting perspectives of employers on what talent truly looks like - has resulted in placing more than 7300 people into gainful employment creating a ripple effect in families and communities in the process.Today Cara Collective - through their various programs and businesses - is fueling a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. In this book Maria Kim offers a deep dive into the programming practices and philosophies that shape Caras mission - while also sharing the stories that celebrate successes and analyze failures the organization has seen in its three decades.Voice and Vocation is a guide for workforce practitioners community leaders employers activists and social innovators to build a more inclusive economy by unlocking the power and purpose in our most overlooked talent. As they say at Cara lets get to work!