CENTRAL CITY CONCERN

Employment and social enterprises include:clean start a six-month homeless to work job training and mentorship program that fills cleaning and maintenance needs throughout portland., - central city bed - sells a durable, sustainable, contemporary, bed bug resistant furniture line highly suited for affordable housing developments, shelters, and dormitories.central city staffing is a training program providing valuable work experience for formerly homeless while also meeting the need for 24/7 front desk coverage at ccc buildings.this business offers employment opportunities to people living on no or very low incomes. All have multiple barriers to employment such as homelessness, or chemical dependency. This enterprise provides on-the-job training that increases job skills and employability, leading to better-than-minimum wage incomes and helping people move from dependency to self-sufficiency. Employment access center is a job resource center with specialized programs to assist homeless individuals, or those at risk of becoming homeless, achieve self-sufficiency by teaching the vocational and social skills needed to find and sustain full-time employment.