LiftWorks™ Program
HHPLift is an award-winning nonprofit and
People + Planet First verified employment
social enterprise with a mission to advance economic stability by creating quality jobs for the people who need them most.
At the LiftWorks™ Program, we create jobs for people affected by gun violence, poverty, and other barriers to fair wage employment. Our associates undergo paid, immersive job training and career development in four industry sectors: production, fulfillment, digital fabrication, and graphic design.
Through sector based skills training in the Ben Arkes Lift™ Center, mentorship, and executive function development, LiftWorks™ Program associates learn critical career development skills in line with in-demand jobs in Chicago.
What they do:
- Create, produce, and participate in R&D of our Lift™ line of bath & spa goods and etched home goods
- 3PL (third party logistics) warehousing and fulfillment
- Digital fabrication in laser etching, culminating in certification
- Graphic design training in Canva and creating company marketing graphics
Our employment partners:
- READI Chicago
- FarmWorks
- SEED
- Cara
- Transition2Work
- StreetWise
- Growing Home
- New Moms
- Southside Center of Hope
We serve as the employment partner for nonprofit innovators throughout Chicago to provide:
- Job readiness and career development for our Program associates and for associates of other programs throughout Chicago
- Advanced training for graduates of other employment social enterprises
- Ongoing training and professional development for our full-time hires, hired from our Program
Populations Served:
Metrics to Date:
- 121,218 hours of paid immersive job training
- 222 LiftWorks™ Program associates from 36 Chicagoland communities
- 6,982 healthy meals and snacks provided
