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To be the premier agency providing services for people with barriers.To help people identify and overcome barriers to employment.
2005 Career and Recovery Resources was among the agencies at Toyota Center on September 7-8 for the Houston Hope Fest that addressed employment, housing and family needs of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Many of these displaced workers enrolled with the agency to make preparations for their new job search and to acquire appropriate job leads.
A group
of CRR volunteers known as the Projects With Industry Business
Advisory Council was presented with an Everyday
Heroes Award by the American Red Cross. The council
received the award because of its commitment in assisting
people with significant disabilities to find jobs or upgrade
their employment.
CRR opened its new Hewlett-Packard
Community Technology Center to make computer access
available to the general public. The technology center is
part of continuing efforts by the agency to narrow the digital
divide experienced by many area residents.
CEO
Vern Swisher became the first recipient of the Disability
Advocate of the Year Award presented by Mayor Lee P.
Brown. Mr. Swisher was honored in recognition of CRR's vision
"to be the premier agency providing employment services
for people with barriers" and the success of its Projects
With Industry program in assisting people with disabilities
to gain employment.
Our
Central Employment Services won the Governor's
Volunteer Award for "Most Innovative Program."
Last year, staff initiated efforts to help offenders reintegrate
into society by securing through ongoing workshops held at
a state jail for soon-to-be released inmates.
The
Hannah G. Solomon Award
was presented to our Preparation for Adult Living Coordinator.
The PAL program teaches life skills to at-risk foster care
youth. This award is presented to outstanding individuals
who have worked to bring about social change and whose impact
has been recognized on the local, national, or international
level.
CRR
inaugurated its new Jesse
H. Jones Computer and Technology Center for the Hearing Impaired.
This media-rich lab is unique and interactive, utilizing state-of-the-art
computer and training equipment designed especially for the
deaf.
CRR
received national recognition from the National Council on
Aging as “Employer
of the Year” which highlights CRR’s outstanding
success in hiring and training older adults in the Senior
Employment Program.
CRR
was among the first agencies to be awarded a contract for
aftercare services and was recognized as Agency
of the Year by Houston Crackdown for substance abuse
treatment.
CRR
received honors in the category of Futurism
and for exceptional service to the deaf community. The agency
initiated literacy and job placement services for deaf adults
two years previous and is still the only program of its type
available in the Houston area.
1992 CRR initiated literacy and job placement services for deaf adults, still the only program of its type available in the Houston area. Two years later, it received honors in the category of Futurism and for exceptional service to the deaf community.
The
agency established Alternative
House, the first federally funded halfway house in
the area.
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