Why Don’t They Just Get a Job? One Couple’s Mission to End Poverty in Their Community

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Why Don’t They Just Get a Job? describes the journey and the fantastic results of Dave and Liane Phillips’ efforts to assist those in poverty find their option to self sufficiency. Under the premise that existing job-readiness programs only focal point on job placement and not retention, Dave and Liane Phillips created a poverty to economic self-sufficiency program with an 80 percent one-year employment retention rate. Up to now three years this organization, Cincinnati Works, has brought $25 million in wages in the community to over 1500 families. The not-for-profit offers an entire spectrum of free, lifetime employment products and services for the entry-level job-seeker to sustain and advance in these days s work climate. The model is a winner of the 2009 Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneur Award. Following its success, Dave Phillips is now volunteering as a consultant for equivalent programs in other cities.

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