Career and Financial Services

Financial education and career path development are vital to achieving financial stabilization and housing security, provided through our Career and Financial Services program.

Economic mobility is a critical component to disrupting generational cycles of homelessness and poverty. Families and individuals experiencing homelessness are financially vulnerable and particularly challenged by the Boston area’s expensive housing market.

Financial education and career path development are vital to our clients’ ability to achieve housing and financial independence. From the moment clients enter Heading Home programs, they work with dedicated case managers to develop an individualized action plan with both short- and long-term SMART goals and milestone markers. For clients in need of more specialized support (low credit scores, debt, career search), their case managers refer them to our Economic Mobility Services department for assistance in areas such as:

• Employment Readiness
• Achieving Academic Goals
• Financial Empowerment/Management
• Budget Planning
• Job Search
• Career/Skill Development
• Credit Building/Repair
• Debt Management

Working to obtain self-sufficiency with financial, career, or education goals is an important component of the client’s journey out of homelessness, designed by clients and their case managers to promote forward momentum led by the client themselves with case managers as supportive coaches in the process. When paired with housing, providing this critical service helps to create a stabilized, better-quality future for our clients and furthers our mission to end homelessness.