Community Outreach to Diversity Organizations

The AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) helps job seekers improve their skills, obtain training, and find a job. If you're 55 or over and meet the income guidelines, we can help you enter-or re-enter-the job market. SCSEP helps you improve your skills and gain work experience and self-confidence so that you can succeed in your job search.

With a history that spans over 35 years, the PSAMA is the largest and oldest professional marketing association in Washington State. Our mission: to promote and advance the marketing profession and industry in Western Washington. We are committed to excellence in marketing while creating a strong community among local marketing professionals through regular, relevant programming for marketers at all levels. Through our events our current members (more than 500!) have excellent opportunities for networking, access to current and evolutionary marketing methods, and a place to exchange ideas.

At ArtWorks, our goal is to empower young people with professional opportunities in the arts. Since 1995, our programs have fostered a new sense of self-esteem, self-motivation and self-sufficiency for more than 2,000 youth through pre-employment training and subsidized employment.

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) was founded in 1954 and is the premier global association for executives involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions for Fortune 500 firms and “middle market” companies. Membership is comprised of leaders from public and private corporations, private equity firms, financial institutions, and professional service firms.

The Capitol Hill Community Resource Center exists to serve homeless individuals and low-income residents of Capitol Hill and surrounding areas with compassion and respect, by offering hospitality, direction and hope. We help our clients find the basic necessities of life such as food, housing, clothing and transportation, as well as dental, medical and mental health care. We also help clients achieve economic independence by providing them direct aid, advocating on their behalf and making referrals to other agencies and programs as appropriate.

You can organize your job search and get your dream job—in less time, with less stress! Learn the tools to use that will help you master the challenges of setting up a personal self-marketing plan and tap into the hidden job market. We provide support and an effective organization of your job finding work, including networking meetings, interviews and marketing letters. Self-confidence and preparation can differentiate you from the competition.

Catholic Community Services (CCS) is a faith-based and values-driven outreach of the Catholic Church in Western Washington. Under the leadership of Archbishop Brunett, and the Board of Trustees, our staff and volunteers answer the Gospel call to loving and compassionate service with particular concern for the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death and for the dignity of every human person. The workers of CCS and AHA come from many faith traditions and actively respond to the call of the Catholic Church in Western Washington to serve those most in need.

Founded in 1992, Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal is an educational, non-profit organization dedicated to changing the way we live and work...because life isn't linear! We offer workshops, resources, and support to guide you and your employees through any stage of the career process including: discovering what you want to do "when you grow up" — or your next career; helping with the actual job search process including brushing up your resume or networking skills; and sharing tips on effective career management.

The Ethnic Heritage Council is dedicated to preserving the unique mix of cultural traditions that enrich our Northwest communities. Since our founding in 1980 as a non-profit organization, EHC has grown in membership from a few individuals to hundreds of ethnic and cultural organizations and individuals. The Ethnic Heritage Council’s mission is to preserve and promote ethnic and cultural traditions, foster mutual understanding, enrich lives and celebrate our heritage.

The Family & Adult Service Center is committed to helping homeless individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency by providing shelter, case management and a comprehensive set of human services. FASC is more then just a shelter. FASC provides wrap-around services including life skills training, comprehensive case management, financial literacy training and after-care to all the men, women and children we serve. We strive to make sure that every person who walks through our doors is given access to all the services and support they need to transcend homelessness permanently.

The FamilyWorks Resource Center is a gathering place for everyone in our community to meet their neighbors and to find information and support. By participating in workshops, art/family activities and utilizing the resource library or computer, people of all ages can learn valuable new skills, make new acquaintances, and build a community for themselves and their families. Employment and life skills resources include Internet job search, resume writing and interviewing workshops, employment counseling, computer tutoring and more.

FareStart provides a community that transforms lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training and employment in the food service industry.

Jewish Family Service helps to ensure the survival and strength of our community by identifying needs and offering programs and services which incorporate Jewish culture, ethics and principles. We support and assist individuals and families in the tradition of helping people help themselves. In so doing, we recognize and welcome the opportunity to be responsive to the broader community.

From our earliest beginnings serving Jewish immigrants in the 1900s to our work today with people from literally hundreds of countries and cultures, Neighborhood House has helped generations of families fulfill the promise of America — an education for their children, self-sufficiency for their families and a meaningful place in a caring community. We provide tutoring, citizenship classes, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, job training, case management, community health programs and transportation to more than 8,500 low-income people each year.

Our mission is to empower communities by building strong nonprofits and community leaders and to shape institutions and policies to achieve social justice and equity. We influence and guide the practice of the nonprofit sector and other institutions through our technical assistance, training, leadership development and community-based research and evaluation.

Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with all citizens to be good stewards of our environment, and to provide safe and welcoming opportunities to play, learn, contemplate, and build community. In line with Neighborhood Planning of RB2014, we visualize our center as the resource "Hub" in our community. Our focus is community-driven education and jobs, health/wellness and technical literacy accomplished through recreation for the whole family.