Employment goal of 8 people

The Ability Alliance of West Alabama's goal is to employ 8 people in two counties before the end of 2010. In order to do this effectively we will be looking for work in four different counties which are: Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Bibb, and Pickens Counties. This will be done because we have transportation to all of these counties and can get clients to any one of these counties by car. Our transportation system spans all of these counties and can get people to work in these counties.
First Americorps VISTA members are to meet with clients and do assessments on them in order to be able to understand what kind of work that they would like to do. Also to learn what interests them and what kinds of supports they might still be needing that they might not have. If they have the supports that they need then they are ok for that part of the assessment and the focus is solely on employment.
Considering that the goal is to employ 8 people by the end of 2010 then it would be reasonable to get between two to four people working during this Summer and 4 working in the Fall to Winter. Also keeping track of progress, files, and reports on clients is important as well. Another good way to keep track of work progress is through video interviews on if the clients are liking their jobs or not. A great example of this is People First of New Hampshire's "The World of Work"series.
http://www.peoplefirstofnh.org/WorldOfWorkOnlineTraining.htm