Our Impact
Classes Offered
Women enrolled at the Dahomey Training Center are provided wraparound support to facilitate a successful transition to self-sufficiency. This includes access to safe housing, nutritious food, reliable transportation, culturally competent mental health services, peer support, recovery coaching, reentry coaching, literacy classes, parenting supports, and community involvement opportunities.
Our classes equip women in mastering life and job skills needed to sustain living wage employment including:
- Truth About Drugs
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan
- Thinking for A Change
- Show Me Healthy Relationships
- Conflict Resolution
- Shovel Ready Job Training
- Bring Your A Game
- Personal Finance
- Household Management
- Positive Parenting
Learning Outcomes
The overarching goal of the Dahomey Training Center is to help women have a sense of purpose, social skills, and hard work ethics inspiring them to create a more accepting, equitable environment for them and their families; and empowering them to embrace their authentic selves.
These workshops and discussions will focus on the following areas for learning:
- Resume preparation & job-seeking skills
- Job interviewing techniques
- Professional etiquette & communication
- Customer service
- Personal & professional boundaries
- On-boarding
- Boss management & managing up
- Conflict resolution & coworker relationships
- Burnout prevention
- Financial literacy & responsibility