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Watch our video HERE featuring a few of our Roadmap to Success graduates speaking about their experience in the job-readiness training program. Students attend the program five days a week for approximately 110 hours total. Men and women with criminal histories who are trying to successfully transition back into their communities, and individuals in recovery...
"I am so proud of Natalie and the recovery efforts she has made since she entered Pioneer’s Tacoma housing program. It has been really rewarding watching her engage in both her recovery program and the community,” said Amanda Johnston, Pioneer Tacoma Housing program manager.
Natalie has struggled over the years with substance abuse and having a criminal record. A few years ago she...
"When I was released from prison my probation officer dropped me off at a homeless shelter in downtown Seattle. I was left alone to find a job and housing, and rebuild my life. I was dealing with a lot and the path out of my situation was not exactly easy to find." Thanh
Thanh grew up on the west coast in a family with two sisters and two brothers. When he was nine years old his...
“Sometimes working with individuals who are struggling with substance abuse issues, and trying to pull their life together after incarceration, can be a real uphill challenge. Gary pushed himself to conquer that hill as he wanted to unite with his son and finally be the father that was inside of him,” said Israel Perez, former housing administrative coordinator, Pioneer Tacoma Housing.
Gary is now...
It is an honor to serve individuals who are working on turning their lives around after jail or prison. Recently one of our resident's at our housing program in Bellingham, City Gate Apartments, wrote a letter of thanks to Pioneer staff for assisting him during his time of transition.
"I am writing this letter to express my gratitude to the City Gate staff and the opportunity for a better life. On July...
We were asked recently, “How did a man who served time in jail, and struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, become a civic-minded college graduate that is now an employee at a major corporation working his way up to his dream job?” The answer is that he worked hard and received the services he needed upon his release to include safe and affordable housing.
Securing affordable...
Rachel’s story is an example of the positive impact that treatment and counseling services can have on an individual when community partners work together.
Most of Pioneer’s housing residents are struggling with more than just the need for affordable housing options. Rachel moved into the Pioneer Transition House from a higher-level mental health treatment facility. The Transition House is...
Pioneer Human Services will be operating the new Snohomish County Diversion Center in Everett, WA to help treat the opioid crisis.
Snohomish County deputies are partnering with social workers to proactively approach individuals who are addicted to drugs and living on the streets to get them into treatment before they end up in jail...or worse.
There was only...
Pioneer Industries was awarded the Employer of the Year Award from the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI) at their annual community event on November 2, 2017. Pioneer's board of directors' secretary, Dick Zais, accepted the award.
The Employer of the Year award goes to an employer who is involved with SJI’s program through hosting interns, hiring graduates, providing...
Spokane Public Library and Pioneer Human Services are hosting a FREE screening and panel discussion of Beyond the Wall, a documentary that follows individuals after their release from incarceration. All Pioneer Spokane employees are invited to...