Employment & Training – St. Louis Charity

St. Patrick Center’s services include several employment programs detailed below. In Fiscal Year 2011, we placed 562 clients into full-time and part-time jobs. Use the video player to view our employment success stories!

REXO, or Reintegration of Ex-Offenders, has released a new social enterprise video featuring St. Patrick Center and two of its successful employment programs: McMurphy’s Grill and the BEGIN New Venture Center. The video is titled “Connecting Mission and Market through Social Enterprize”. REXO is a division of the United States Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration.
view the video on the REXO site
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		BEGIN New Venture Center 15 new companies signed on with the BEGIN New Venture Center small business incubator for a total of 24 companies with mission sensitivity to provide employment opportunities for St. Patrick Center clients. go to the BEGIN New Venture Center webpage

		BEGIN Training & Education Center 120 clients graduated from employment programs in the BEGIN Training & Education Center. Some of these programs included construction, green jobs, painting, safety training and GED education.

		Building Employment Skills for Tomorrow (BEST) 78 men and women earned part-time wages and completed on-the-job training. 42 were placed into jobs and 37 were housed.

		General Employment We assisted 748 individuals with job training, employment readiness, transportation and work uniforms.

		Homeless Employment Program (HEP) We helped 200 clients find and retain full-time employment in this program that works as an employment agency, with no fee to the employer or to the applicant. In addition, we achieved 87 housing placements.

		Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) We placed 146 veterans into full-time jobs and 90 into housing. 44 received advanced employment training.

		Job Experience Training (JET) 30 active clients participated in this intense computer skills training program that includes an eight-week training class with stipend followed by a four-week paid internship with a local employer. In addition, 37 took classes to receive a nationally recognized ServSafe Certificate.

		McMurphy’s Grill 68 clients participated in the first restaurant training program in the nation for individuals struggling with homelessness and mental illness. 28 clients found employment.go to the McMurphy’s Grill webpage read about McMurphy’s Express, an extension of McMurphy’s Grill

		Project HERO We placed 70 honorably discharged veterans, including females and other hard-to-house veterans, in housing and helped stabilize an additional 27 for more than one year, ending more than 205 years of homelessness. A total of 125 vets received comprehensive housing and employment assistance.

		Veterans GO! Green We placed 45 veterans into green jobs and 18 into housing. We added 25 employers to our list of program supporters, many of whom provided veterans with green industry training and generated 23 green industry paid internships.