The Renaissance Collaborative is a non-profit devoted to addressing the housing needs of low- and moderate-income residents in Chicago's near- and mid-south communities.The centerpiece of TRC's work is The Renaissance Apartments and Fitness for Life Center, a 101-unit single room occupancy (SRO) living center with supportive services.
The Renaissance Apartments and Fitness for Life Center resides in a historic building that was once home to the Wabash YMCA. The Wabash Y was the hub of Black civic and social activity in the early 1900s. As Blacks migrated from the South to the North, the Wabash Y was the orientation center for new African American arrivals seeking a better way of life.
Today, The Renaissance Apartments and Life Center continues to help people improve and rebuild their lives. The facility offers health and wellness, continued recovery support, nutrition, mental and physical health services; employment education and training; job readiness, employment referrals and retention services as well as life management training.
Employment and Education is our core component of our comprehensive supportive housing agenda. This means that the other primary services (Health & Wellness and Life Skills) support an Education-Employment agenda of our residents. Some have barriers beyond education and employment that must be addressed in order for them to secure their employment/education goals? These barriers may be mental, physical, an ex-offender record, etc.
Supportive Services-
Education and Employment: Entrepreneurship Seminars
GED, Computer Classes, Customer Service Training, Landscaping Training Program
Health and Wellness: AA/NA Meetings, Nutrition Classes, Counseling,
Relapse Prevention
Life Skills: Criminal Expungement, Financial Literacy and IDA
Program, Housing Referrals,
Social Events
Employment and Education is our core component of our comprehensive supportive housing agenda. This means that the other primary services (Health & Wellness and Life Skills) support an Education-Employment agenda of our residents. Some have barriers beyond education and employment that must be addressed in order for them to secure their employment/education goals? These barriers may be mental, physical, an ex-offender record, etc.
Internship Description: (Supportive Services Intern- Job/Business Development)
The internship as described has the potential to be tailored to fit the criteria to fulfill the requirements of a Master's Project or a Senior Capstone Project
Our Supportive Services division is in need of an intern to work along side our staff on a variety of projects.
Some areas where the potential intern would work would be:
Social Venture/Business Planning
Case Management
Clerical/Administrative Support
Advocacy
Community Outreach
Interested Parties should have a background in or be students in:
* Social work
* Urban planning and policy
* Urban and economic development
* Business and community development
Candidates should be computer literate
Open to undergraduate, graduate students, or volunteers.
Days and Hours are flexible
Application instructions:
Please forward Cover Letter or Letter of Interest, and Resume to:
Walter Bush, Education and Employment Manager
773-924-9271 ext 29
fax 773-924-9271
wbush@trcwabash.org
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