Adult Eduction
Project Place believes that the key to long-term career success is education. In an effort to provide Project Place clients with a high quality educational experience that uses evidence-based best practices, we have an Education Specialist on staff. Through the provision of formal and informal educational assessments, counseling, and class work, our Educational Specialist helps Project Place clients develop personal learning plans that utilize their strengths and interests as a means of ensuring educational and professional success.

Basic Services
The Homeless Resource Center at Project Place offers several basic services that provide clients with some of the first supports homeless men and women need to overcome poverty and return to self-sufficient, productive lives. These supports include a hot lunch program, voicemail, storage lockers and mailboxes. Over 400 individuals a year utilize these services.

Betty's Place
Betty's Place offers transitional housing for homeless women. Housed in the YWCA's Berkley Street residence, the program can accommodate 15 women at any given time. The women who come to Betty's are leaving behind a life of abuse, addiction, and chaos. Through case management, workshops, trainings, and other supports, residents work to move into permanent housing and live a stable, independent life. In addition to these on site services, Betty's provides each resident with a room of her own in a safe, clean environment, two meals a day, and access to all Project Place programming. The average length of stay is six months.

Career Services
Project Place's Career Services department was created to focus solely on career development, employer relations and best practices for retention. We provide career services starting at intake and extending two years beyond graduation. Through the provision of Career Coaches, individuals in all programs receive intensive preparation and support for job placement and advancement.

Case Management
Since 1967, Project Place has had a strong history of providing case management, and relies on these services to provide the essential support and coherence to all our programming. A comprehensive in-take and needs assessment are conducted when a client first enters the agency. From that point on, case management services focus on referrals to outside resources, work readiness, life skills, childcare, housing and other topics that help clients maintain an independent life. Two hundred clients receive ongoing case management though our structured programs each year, and over 800 referrals are made yearly for homeless individuals seeking services on an as needed basis.

Clean Corners... Bright Hopes
This social enterprise is an outdoor maintenance service that has contracts in business districts and neighborhoods throughout Boston. Employees are responsible for trash and graffiti removal, seasonal planting, sweeping sidewalks and event set up.

Community Reentry for Women (CREW)
Project Place and the South End Community Health Center have partnered with the Suffolk County House of Corrections to provide a continuum of community reintegration services to female offenders with the goal of reducing recidivism. Project Place will be responsible for providing 50 female offenders with job training classes and follow-up career services.

Comprehensive Homelessness Intervention Program (CHIP)
As part of Boston's Homelessness Prevention Initiative, CHIP provides intensive discharge planning for incarcerated females, followed by case management and mental health services upon reentry into the community. The objective of the CHIP service model is to prevent this vulnerable population from experiencing homelessness.

Computer Training
It has become increasingly clear that at least basic computer literacy is a requirement for anyone trying to compete in today's job market. As a result, our Computer Lab has become an indispensable service, utilized by over 100 homeless individuals each year. Lessons include understanding of Microsoft Word, Publisher and use of the Internet. Math, history and typing tutor software is available and the lab is utilized by our Adult Education and Job Training programs to integrate curriculum with computer skills. All clients can access the computer lab during drop-in hours for job and housing services.

HomePlate
Project Place's newest social enterprise employs homeless individuals to market a line of wholesome, quality, homemade foods in the Boston area. Our initial products include chili (meat and vegetarian) and cornbread sold through a pushcart operating in Downtown Crossing. Employees receive supervision from the HomePlate chef in food preparation and distribution, as well as training in customer service and sales. Our chili is also available for corporate affairs.

Project 90
A job training internship program that gives participants the opportunity to become accustomed to the world of work while gaining the experience they need to compete in today's job market. In this 90-day program clients attend eight hours of classes a week and learn resume writing, interview skills, and other tools to get and keep a job. Clients also work sixteen hours a week at a paid internship to gain on-the-job experience in a variety of positions including classroom aid, and administrative assistance. Participants receive job counseling and placement services, case management, computer skills training, and aftercare support. Forty homeless individuals are served through Project 90 each year.

Project Pepsi
A Pepsi vending machine business and social enterprise that has over 80 accounts throughout greater Boston. Employees are responsible for filling machines, minor repairs, product inventory, customer service, and the administration of the business.

The Mellon Administrative Center for Training and Support (Mellon ACTS)
Our newest program was initiated through a grant from the Mellon Charitable Giving Program. The program will provide business skills training for individuals interested in working in an office setting, combining customer service and computer training with intensive wrap around support services. The program will be especially suited for women, paying attention to the particular issues homeless women face as they work to rebuild their lives. Mellon ACTS serves 40 individuals a year providing paid training in-house and in real employment situations, workshops and in the classroom. Clients who successfully complete the program will be eligible to take the test for their Professional Customer Service Certificate from the National Retail Federation & International Customer Services Association.