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Job Developer

Position: Job Developer (FT)

Salary: $27.00 – $29.00 DOE

Deadline: Open Until Filled

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Constructing Hope’s mission is to rebuild the lives of people in our community by encouraging self-sufficiency through skills training and education in the construction industry. We provide a no-cost, ten-week construction training program to eligible participants, job placement […]

2024-09-23T12:45:56-07:00September 7th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Home Builders Foundation

This summer Constructing Hope had the opportunity to partner with the Home Builders Foundation. The HBF works within the home building industry to construct and remodel nonprofit homeless shelter facilities under the Safe Rest Village project and offered trainees the chance to get real world experience on site. The […]

2023-09-01T16:03:34-07:00September 1st, 2023|CH News|

Story of Hope – Mahalah Webb, Spring 2021 Graduate


“In The Best Place Of Her Life”

Mahalah Webb was working as a cook in Salem, making fourteen dollars an hour, a single mother of three, doing her best to make a better life. Constructing Hope represented a new beginning, and after taking a leap of faith to join […]

2023-07-26T10:32:07-07:00July 26th, 2023|Stories of Hope|

Readers respond: Building a women’s construction workforce

According to a recent ODOT report, from 2011-20, women of color accounted for a paltry 2% of union and nonunion construction apprenticeships. This creates various barriers to success, including increasing the probability of racial microaggressions and gender stereotyping, as well as making it difficult to build a community of […]

2022-05-25T08:05:28-07:00May 25th, 2022|CH News, Featured|

Constructing Hope Workforce Training Center Re-Opens Doors

Portland, OR. Constructing Hope is a nonprofit that trains low-income people to work in the construction industry. The organization hosted a Grand Re-opening on April 21st to showcase new additions that can accommodate larger classes and more job training options. The building, at 405 NE Church St, can now host […]

2022-05-18T08:58:03-07:00May 18th, 2022|CH News, Featured|

‘Constructing Hope’ offers workforce training to help build futures

PORTLAND, Ore. — A program focused on helping people rebuild their lives is getting a big boost.

‘Constructing Hope’ took KATU through their newly renovated workforce training center. The building in northeast Portland will allow for larger class sizes, which will open up more job training spots.

Their focus is on […]

2022-04-20T18:51:47-07:00April 20th, 2022|CH News, Featured|

Constructing Hope builds path to living-wage construction jobs for those who need them most

Like many in America, a family tragedy left Isis Harris reeling and, soon after, buried in medical debt. Unable to keep up with the mounting prescription costs and hospital bills after her son was shot, she knew she had to make a change in her career.

But she knew that […]

2022-04-14T08:14:01-07:00April 14th, 2022|CH News, Featured|
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