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Hampton's Office of Economic Empowerment reports early gains, stresses need for case management
Summary
Deanna Valentine briefed council on the office's first-year work: the city's ALICE rate was cited at 31%; staff reported 28 tabling events, 200+ job-seeker contacts, 28 employer relationships and 112 unduplicated workforce clients, and said a case-management system is planned for March—April to improve follow-up and outcome tracking.
Deanna Valentine, director of Hampton's Office of Economic Empowerment and Family Resilience, told the City Council that her office has shifted from a resource-to-resource model to a person-centered, front-facing service focused on economic mobility and family supports.
"Living-wage employment plus supportive services is how we will be able to get people to that family resilience space," Valentine said, tying workforce strategies to broader goals like asset building and housing stability.
Valentine cited local ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) data showing about 31% of Hampton households fall into that category, higher…
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