Job-Ready Training Expansion

What We Are Asking For.

Harbor Bridge Works requests $78,100 from the Meridian Foundation, a fictional funder used for this sample, to add two Job-Ready Training cohorts and extend placement support to 72 additional participants next fiscal year.

The Waitlist Tells The Story.

118 adults applied for seats the organization could not offer last year, and intake data shows the median applicant has been out of steady work for eleven months. The need is not abstract; it is a named list, referenced by code, of people turned away.

The Causal Claim, Stated Plainly.

The two failure points the data shows, the first ninety days and the first setback, are both covered by design.

Two Cohorts, One Data Spine.

Two additional twelve week cohorts of 36 participants each, running fall and spring. Each cohort pairs classroom readiness work with credential preparation, followed by placement through 34 employer partners and six months of Anchor Support coaching. Milestone data is captured at every session, so reporting to the foundation is a byproduct of the work rather than an annual scramble.

Commitments Against A Verified Baseline.

75 percent cohort completion. 65 percent placement within 90 days of completion. 70 percent employment at six months among reachable participants, with the reachable denominator reported rather than hidden. Quarterly reports measure these targets the same way current results are measured: program records, employer verification, and coded participant check-ins.

Budget Summary.