City of Olympia takes a new tack with Plum Street Village residents: Jobs are the priority
Valeo Vocation, a Tacoma nonprofit staffing agency that helps previously homeless people prepare for and get jobs, will be in charge.
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Valeo Vocation, a Tacoma nonprofit staffing agency that helps previously homeless people prepare for and get jobs, will be in charge.
City officials in Tacoma are partnering with nonprofit shelter providers to bring more homeless people indoors as temperatures continue to plummet.
Will paying homeless people to spruce up Tacoma help them and city? Program begins soon News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 4 hrs ago Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Apr. 4—Standing in Alling Park in Tacoma on Thursday, Parker Wilson said passersby wouldn't know he was homeless. "For this program I think people see us, and (we) look, like actual workers," the 29-year-old told The News Tribune in between pouring mulch around the trees in the park. Parker is part of a two-year program with nonprofit Valeo Vocation called Transitional Employment Pathway (TEP), which...