Pioneer Human Services
An Effective Practice
Description
Pioneer, a human services organization in Seattle, offers transitional employment and training opportunities to high-risk populations, particularly ex-offenders and former substance abusers. PHS uses a social enterprise model, successfully integrating the operation of self-supporting businesses with the provision of an array of client services. These businesses include a retail food service, a construction company, a distribution company, a hotel and two manufacturing plants.
Goal / Mission
Pioneer's mission is to improve the lives of people on the margins of society through and integrated array of services including housing, employment/training, treatment, counseling, and corrections.
Results / Accomplishments
A major study of Pioneer funded by the Ford Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation concluded that 6.5 percent of Pioneer trainees had been reincarcerated two years after leaving work release, compared to 15.4 percent of a comparison group graduating from other work release programs. The study also found that the Pioneer group earned more money and worked more hours than the comparison group.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
Pioneer Human Services
Primary Contact
Larry Fehr
Pioneer Human Services
7440 West Marginal Way S
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 766-7023
http://www.pioneerhumanserv.com/
Pioneer Human Services
7440 West Marginal Way S
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 766-7023
http://www.pioneerhumanserv.com/
Topics
Economy / Employment
Education / Educational Attainment
Community / Crime & Crime Prevention
Education / Educational Attainment
Community / Crime & Crime Prevention
Organization(s)
Pioneer Human Services
Source
Finance Project
Date of publication
Dec 2004
Location
Seattle, WA