Green Team Job Training Program
Started in 2016, the Green Team Job Training Program provides farm-based employment, work readiness training, job placement assistance, case management, and mentoring for women facing or experiencing homelessness at our City Farm on 1300 South.
Through on-the-job training and weekly life and job skills workshops, the program helps participants develop new skills and strengthen existing skills, cultivate strong work habits, build their confidence, develop and practice key social and emotional skills, secure housing and permanent employment or other career projection opportunities, and achieve other personal goals.
The program also helps participants improve their health and well-being by providing regular access to fresh produce, hands-on food preparation experience, as well as consistent physical activity, daily yoga and breathwork, and mindfulness. Annually, the program serves up to 16 women, with approximately 80% achieving stable housing and reliable employment after the program.
Partnerships, Growth, and Feeding the Community
The program utilizes a cohort-based model – developed with support from Climb Wyoming – that relies on the power of women working in groups. Our program also helps to connect participants to available local resources, including housing navigation, financial education and literacy, work-appropriate clothing, and more, during the season and beyond graduation. Green Team program participants grow most of the seedlings sold at our annual Spring Plant Sale, as well as organic produce that feeds thousands of low-income individuals and families annually through WCG programs and community partnerships.
The program takes place at the 1-acre City Farm, located on City-owned land in Glendale. The farm is 100% solar powered and serves as a demonstration site for regenerative agriculture and permaculture techniques. Hundreds of community members visit the farm each year to participate in educational volunteer opportunities, tours, and research projects. City Farm is thus a unique gathering place for people of all backgrounds, including program participants, volunteers, WCG donors, aspiring urban farmers, etc. The interactions that occur on the Farm between team members and the broader community are invaluable to their success in building professional connections that can lead to future employment opportunities.
For more information about our Green Team Job Training Program, contact our Job Training Program Director using the information below.
Read an in-depth report of our Job Training Program here (compiled in 2021).
