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Forest Park council approves 'Elevate' workforce program for unhoused and underemployed residents
Summary
The Forest Park governing body approved the Elevate initiative, a partnership-led workforce and wraparound-services program that will start with a 20–25 person pilot to help unhoused, underemployed and displaced residents gain job and life skills.
Forest Park's mayor and council on March 3 approved Elevate, a workforce-development initiative the city said is designed to move unhoused, displaced and underemployed residents "from shelter to stability." The council voted unanimously to authorize the program.
City staff described Elevate as a cohort-based pilot that will initially accept 20 to 25 participants and pair them with job training, mental-health support, transportation assistance and wraparound services. The Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency agreed to run parts of the program at a Forest Parkway site, and the city said it has partnered with Atlanta Technical College and Clayton State University for training and campus exposure.
Why it matters: Council members said the program targets a population they…
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