How Head Start Can Help You Pursue Employment and Career Goals
Your employment and career goals may change during emergencies. Learn how program staff can partner with you to identify immediate and long-term goals and access helpful resources.
Economic mobility is a core aspect of improving family well-being. Economic well-being is the extent to which a family feels financially stable and has hopes for the future. It also means families have knowledge of and access to the financial resources and opportunities they need to promote their children’s healthy development and make the best decisions for themselves.
Review materials to help you support families in developing and making progress toward their economic mobility goals.
Your employment and career goals may change during emergencies. Learn how program staff can partner with you to identify immediate and long-term goals and access helpful resources.
You may experience job instability during a crisis. Explore how program staff can help you determine your eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, apply for benefits, and look for new work.
Learn how program staff can partner with families to access different types of food assistance.
Learn how program staff can partner with families to help them get credit and manage debt during emergencies and in the future.
Families may have trouble paying for utilities such as water, electricity, cell, and internet in times of need. Learn how program staff can help connect families with programs that can help them pay their bills.
Find out how to partner with families to explore bank and credit union accounts, find accounts with low or no fees, and take steps to open an account.
Families' education and training goals may change during emergencies. Learn how to partner with families to identify their immediate and long-term goals and access key resources.
Families' employment and career goals may change during emergencies. Learn how to partner with families to identify their immediate and long-term goals and access key resources.
Families may experience job instability during a crisis. Use this tip sheet to partner with families to determine their eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, apply for benefits, and look for new work.
Use this tip sheet to help families manage their credit and debt, both during emergencies and for the future.
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