Essential Support
The amount of days per week that appointments for furniture, baby items, or professional clothing are offered.
What is 6 days?
Used to describe this program, the acronym P2I stands for
What is Partnership to Independence?
This is the age of the famous singer who wrote "Rolling in the Deep" and is also the average age of a Career Support client
What is 35 years old?
On average, 600 people come to participate in this activity at A Wider Circle each month.
What is Volunteering?
This is the name of the housing community that the Ward 8 Hub is located in.
What is the Highland Dwellings?
It was at this time we begun working on our New Year's Resolutions and also the month and year when Essential Support removed the furniture waitlist
What is January 2023?
This month is the shortest month of the year and is also the month that Cohort 2 of the P2I program began in 2023.
What is February?
This is the amount of staff members that comprise the Career Support Team
What is 3?
Popular among school-age volunteers, this section in our showroom is where you can find action figures, kids books, and trucks.
What is the Toy Section?
True or False: The Ward 8 Hub opened in October of 2021.
What is True?
True of False: based on recent data, over 60% of clients reported needing beds for people in their home who were without beds.
What is True? (67%)
These are the two A Wider Circle offices where the P2I program is run out of.
What is the Hub (Ward 8) and the Center for Community Service (Silver Spring)?
This person previously led the Career Support team (formerly known as Workforce Development) prior to the existing Director
Who is Amy Javaid?
This volunteer position involves lifting and moving heavy items.
What is a Heavy Lifter?
This is the number of staff working at the Ward 8 Hub.
What is 4?
In April, this number of clients received professional clothing from A Wider Circle.
a. 500 b. 80 c. 45 d. 155
What is d. 155?
This is the number of participants involved in P2I (including both cohorts)
What is 28?
This is the name of the approach that the Career Support team uses for career development, which focuses on building on clients' strengths
What is Strength Based Approach?
The plural usage of this term means the action or an instance of cutting or separating by cutting. It's also what we call the various areas in which our volunteers serve in our warehouse.
What are sections?
These are the 3 days of the week that start the work week and also the days when Career Counseling is offered to the clients at the Hub.
What is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday?
These four services are offered under the Essential Support Program
What is furniture, baby items, professional clothing, and resource navigation?
This is the number of core components that make up the P2I program
(Bonus: if you can name the core components)
What is 4?
(health and wellness, financial management, workforce development, and social networking/ support)
On average, the number of volunteers who offer their level of expertise to support Career Support clients each year
What is 40?
This section in our warehouse requires a volunteer to use an Allen wrench and most likely Google Search to help them complete their tasks.
What is Baby Cribs?
This new activity takes place at the Hub on Monday mornings at 10 AM and allows for exercise, exploration, and community
What is the walking club?