Recovery Employment Program

RAP’s Recovery Employment Program will prepare recovering individuals, especially those with criminal backgrounds, for employment. RAP will create an Employment Resource Coordinator position to utilize the resources and volunteers at RAP’s Portland Recovery Center at 1100 NE 28^th Avenue, providing intensive mentoring, job coaching and support to help people with employment and sobriety. The coordinator will work with local One Stop Career Centers (SE Works and West Portland One Stop) and provide tailored employment support to help the clients with the One Stop system.

U.S. Department of Labor                                           For Immediate Release

Office of Public Affairs                                               June 28, 2006

Seattle, Wash.                                                              Contact:  Mike Volpe or David James

# 06-1088-NAT  (#06-56)                                         Phone:     202-693-3984   202-693-4676

 Department of Labor Awards $4 Million in Funding for Faith-Based and Community Organizations

Recovery Association Project in Portland, OR is One of 55 Selected 

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $ 75,000 grant to Recovery Association Project in Portland, OR, to help hard-to-serve populations prepare for and succeed in employment opportunities.  A total of $4 million in grants to 55 faith-based and community organizations were funded through this competition.  The Recovery Association Project (RAP) is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes addiction recovery through community organizing, advocacy, education and services in Oregon and SW Washington.

“This administration appreciates the effectiveness of faith-based and community organizations  in helping workers find jobs and build a brighter future for themselves and their families,” said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.   “The grassroots projects funded through this $4 million initiative will reach out to those most in need by providing guidance and support in making use of employment services available through local One-Stop Career Centers.”    

The Recovery Association Project’s (RAP’s) Recovery Employment Program will prepare recovering individuals, especially those with criminal backgrounds, for employment. RAP will create an Employment Resource Coordinator position to utilize the resources and volunteers at RAP’s Portland Recovery Center at 1100 NE 28^th Avenue, providing intensive mentoring, job coaching and support to help people with employment and sobriety. The coordinator will work with local One Stop Career Centers (SE Works and West Portland One Stop) and provide tailored employment support to help the clients with the One Stop system. The project expects that 75 customers in Oregon and southwest Washington state will be served with a full range of personal guidance, life skills training and follow-up. 

“Faith-based and community organizations reach into communities, connecting individuals with barriers to employment to the resources available through local One-Stop Career Centers,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco.  “These organizations often provide the bridge to assistance that changes lives and contributes to the stability of families and communities.” 

“We can always do better for Americans in need when we work together with every willing partner,” said Jedd Medefind, director of the Labor Department’s Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.  “The personal involvement and caring touch of faith-based and community organizations often make the critical difference between recurring struggles and new beginnings.”

Learn more about RAP at their fifth annual Hands Across the Bridge event set for Labor Day, Monday September 4t^h, at 10 a.m. with ceremonies on both sides of the Columbia River to kick off National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. For more information on the Recovery Association Project visit www.rap-nw.org or for the Department of Labor’s employment and training programs, please visit www.doleta.gov.

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POSITIONS FILLED JUNE 2006

Title: Outreach Workers, Portland, Oregon    (5 positions available)

Compensation: $10/hour (approximately 2 week position)

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week, including evenings and weekends

The Recovery Association Project is hiring 5 temporary positions funded by the City of Portland to generate community input on Portland’s Vision PDX Project. Five Outreach Workers, under the direction of an Outreach Coordinator, will go door to door and survey residents of Alcohol and Drug Free Community housing (ADFC) in two Central City Concern buildings in downtown Portland. Specific training on Vision PDX Project will be provided.

POSITION FILLED JUNE 2006

Title: RAP Center Manager, Portland, OR

Reports To: Operations Manager

Compensation: DOE     Temporary position contingent upon funding.

Hours: Part to Full time – Hours TBD. Weekdays, nights and Saturdays required.

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