About

Cincinnati Works partners with willing & capable individuals living in poverty to assist them in advancing to economic self-sufficiency through employment. We also partner with Equal Opportunity Employers to match right candidate with the right employer.

As a privately-funded, nonprofit organization, we are able to serve any willing and capable job seekers who are eligible for our program. Because we receive no federal funding, we are also able to serve those who would otherwise be ineligible for other programs (e.g. men, women without dependent children and women without children).

Cincinnati Works serves two Customers: those individuals in the community who are currently unemployed or underemployed e.g. the working poor and Employers who have entry level positions. The short-term goal for the unemployed is to help them stabilize in a job that pays $8.00 - $11.00 (or more) per hour with health benefits.

The long-term goal for the underemployed is for them to earn 200% of the federal poverty rate and move to economic self-sufficiency. Economically self-sufficient people become taxpayers and productive citizens who no longer require public assistance.

Our clients become Members of the Cincinnati Works program and receive lifetime Membership for as long as they are employed or actively seeking work.

Membership does not cost a dime and our services are free for both Employers & Members.