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Fife jobs program reports housing and employment gains; staff warn of funding deadline
Summary
Norman Brickhouse presented the quarterly update on Fife’s jobs program, reporting participant housing and employment gains and outlining program structure; city manager highlighted a critical federal earmark deadline tied to program funding.
City staff updated the council on Feb. 11 about the city’s jobs program, reporting recent housing placements, employment outcomes and ongoing case-management services designed to connect people experiencing homelessness to work and housing.
Norman Brickhouse, the city’s community navigator manager, briefed council on the program’s model and outcomes. "Our mission is to end homelessness and fight in the surrounding areas by providing job training, resources, transitional housing to break that cycle of homelessness," Brickhouse said. He described a multi-level, merit-based training pathway (trainee → level 1 → level 2 → level 3) and a parallel pathway for office/clerical skill building.
Key data from Brickhouse’s report (as stated in the meeting): since the last presentation the program enrolled nine new…
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