To prepare people for employment, Chrysalis provided a core curriculum on job preparation and related skills, short-term mental health counseling, and mentorship. Employment specialists referred individuals they believed to have the highest employment barriers to the social enterprise program. These individuals participated in an orientation and assessment before entering Chrysalis’s labor pool to work in one of its social enterprises related to street cleaning or a temporary staffing position. Participants with less substantial barriers received ongoing support in the form of support groups, career seminars, and continued job search assistance. Participants working in the social enterprise also participated in career seminars and support groups. Chrysalis primarily served formerly incarcerated individuals and those who were experiencing homelessness.
Summary
This social enterprise program provided job preparation, mental health counseling, mentorship, and employment for people who were formerly incarcerated, were experiencing homelessness, or both.
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Studies of this program
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