Employment Resource Fund

About

Name

Employment Resource Fund

Health and Social Care

Social Assistance

Trading names

HOPE Fund (Helping Other Prepare for Employment)

Facts

Founded

1987
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Founders

Jonnie Jill Phipps Adult Education and GED Graduate, Dr. Jonnie Jill Phipps established the HOPE fund at the Career Center

Key Persons

Lee Peart, Organizer In 2000, the Fund was adopted by the Wayne County Common Good and moved to the Foundation. The Common Good, a collaboration of local schools and agencies that helped adults get jobs or better jobs, operated the Fund and worked to grow it’s value.

Location

c/o Wayne County Community Foundation
- 517 N. Market St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio

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The Employment Resource Fund (formerly HOPE Fund) is a local, self-sustaining work and education fund. It’s mission is to build a skilled workforce in Wayne County by providing grants to local non-profits with employment programs that increase the success of their students, clients or employees. In turn, the non-profit spends small amounts of money on hard-working adults to help them get jobs or better jobs.

The Steering Committee accepts grant applications for new initiatives at any time. See the Employment Resource Fund Initiative Grant Application for more details and to apply.

Community volunteers, serving on the Steering Committee, provide leadership and are liaisons to local organizations sponsoring employment-related initiatives. See the Employment Resource Fund Steering Committee Guidelines and Member Application for more details and to apply.

Adult Education and GED Graduate, Dr. Jonnie Jill Phipps, established the HOPE Fund at the Career Center in 1987, when, as a student, seeing the financial need of adult students for gas, clothing, tools, and haircuts, she made the first donation. In 2000, the Fund was adopted by the Wayne County Common Good and moved to the Foundation. The Common Good, a collaboration of local schools and agencies that helped adults get jobs or better jobs, operated the Fund and worked to grow it’s value. File:hopefundlogo.png

Scholarships for GED Test Fees

Scholarships for GED test fees for high-achieving ABLE students with financial need. Contact ABLE for more information.

Emergency Gas Vouchers

to help with transportation for Adult Educational Services students in full-time career training

Emergency Book Loans

for Wayne College students to buy books in time for classes.