Family Self Sufficiency
Family Self Sufficiency resources are provided to families to help them become economically empowered. HADC has developed strong relationships with the partnering agencies to provide specific training and employment resources to our clients.
HADC established the Business Center in the heart of the community for the purpose of Small Business Development. The center provides up-to-date technology, training, and resources for eligible individuals interested in starting a small business or improving their current economic status. This program is available to all residents of public housing and Housing Choice Voucher recipients.
The goal of the Business Service Center is to act as a business incubator within the community. By providing technical resources equipped with up-to-date software, internet access, office automated equipment, and how-to literature, clients are given the chance to move forward in achieving their personal goals.
The focus has been to provide competent, direct, and accessible resources to residents and Housing Choice Voucher program participants alike and this vision will continue on into the future.
The DeKalb Workforce Center offers a one-stop approach that allows residents to explore work preparation and career development services and have access to a range of employment, adult, and occupational education and training programs. These services are grouped into the following categories: Core Services, Intensive Services, Training Services and Business Services. HADC works in collaboration with the following organizations to provide these one-stop services.
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (COC)
DeKalb County Department of Economic Development
DeKalb County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS)
DeKalb County Workforce Development Department (DWDD)
Housing Authority of DeKalb County (HADC)
DeKalb Technical College (DTC)
Georgia Department of Labor/Covington Highway (GDOL)
Georgia Department of Labor, Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Georgia Perimeter College, Center for Continuing and Corporate Education (GPC)
Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Inc. (GING)
Jewish Family and Career Services, Inc. (JF&CS)
Partnership for Community Action, Inc. (PCA)
The Jewish Family & Career Services provides HADC with professional interpreters trained in the legal, medical, or social service specialties. This collaboration provides translation services to our residents.
JF&CS Translation and Interpretation Services offer translation of more than 125 languages and dialects. Staffing our Interpreter Bank are people who have bilingual knowledge of refugee languages such as, but not limited to: Arabic, French, Somali, Kirandi, Oromo, Vietnamese, Russian, Bosnian, Farsi, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Lingala, Kikongo, Korean, and Amharic.
