PROGRAMS & SERVICES
Career Development: Resume Writing; Interviewing Techniques; Dress for Success; Workforce Readiness Skills
Skills Training: Computer Classes; Data Entry; Customer Service; Trade Classes; Entrepreneurial Classes; Low Voltage Training; Urban Gardening; Call Center Training, Various Certifications
Senior Economic Security Protection
Reentry services (for formerly incarcerated individuals)
Job Placements for Frazier House Clients
Legal Clinic
A key focus of our programs is to provide Entrepreneurship, Workforce Pathways Training and Asset Building classes for our clients. Students take part in skills’ development and field-specific networking opportunities through the following programs:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
In 2020, ZWHJCOC provided technical assistance for the Payroll Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program to almost 50 small businesses garnering $900,000+ for its clients while preserving 89 jobs. Additional technical support included Bootcamp Training in collaboration with lenders Frost Bank, Lift Fund, and People Fund for small and emerging businesses.
WORKFORCE PATHWAYS
Our Light Electrical Program offers job training to individuals who are looking to get back into the workforce by learning an in-demand skill that will increase their opportunities to earn a livable wage. Low Voltage is a 4-week training program that prepares students with the skills needed to acquire a stable job, growing salaries, and challenging job duties. Six cohorts of students have been trained. Of the 35 trained, 25 were placed on jobs with Infrastructural Wiring Specialist and other companies. Results have been very encouraging with seven students already launching their own businesses. In addition to job skills training, personal growth training, such as Increments of Success financial planning, and emotional wellbeing sessions, are offered to help program participants remove barriers from their paths and set their focus on building a better future.
ASSET BUILDING
Cash Flow, Collateral and Leverage
The ZWHJCOC hosts sessions to teach about the economy and financial assets to help individuals build wealth. Currently, 78 individuals participate in the class where they learn about cryptocurrencies, forex trading, stock, and real estate investing.
Increments of Success Coaching
A combination of technical training and financial planning, this class is geared toward our Low Voltage trainees. It guides individuals in the development of SMART goals so they set clear objectives that will work in their favor as they become economically sustainable. This class is unique in the sense that it incorporates a session on Emotional Intelligence so they can learn to manage their emotions more effectively. Thirty-five plus individuals have participated in this program and it has helped seven to become entrepreneurs.
The Financial Wellness Village focuses on women who have been affected by the challenges of COVID-19. This is a 12-week coaching program that will provide a coach, case management, and financial techniques to help participantsthrive during challenging times.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
The very popular Lunch & Learn sessions make it possible for small businesses and nonprofits to learn about various business components that can help improve their day-to-day operations at no cost to them. Videos of some of the sessions that have been offered can be found in the Media tab on this site and on our YouTube channel. Click here to view.
The Lunch & Learn series offers free classes in a wide array to topics including grant writing, financial literacy, expunging criminal records, fraud prevention and identity theft, how to grow your small business, how to gain access to capital and more.
ANNUAL ACTIVITIES
The Outreach Center also sponsors these annual activities—
In Conversation
In Conversation is the annual fundraising effort that helps to make possible the programs and operations of the Outreach Center. Each year, a distinguished presenter shares the stage in an evening of conversation with a noted moderator. Speakers have included many high-profile individuals including Radio Commentator Roland Martin, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall and Charlotte Jones, VP for the Dallas Cowboys.
Juneteenth Economic Forum
The Juneteenth Economic Forum hosts several speakers who provide information and discuss how to positively impact Dallas' Southern sector economy-from organizational budgeting and using the digital economy, to financing small businesses and looking at health barriers that impact economic development.