Employment Equity for Single Moms Team Completes Professional Development Training at MLICCI and Women In Construction in Biloxi
Members of MLICCI’s Employment Equity for Single Moms team met the week of Sept. 22-25 for collaboration with MLICCI and Women in Construction (WinC) team members to develop stronger strategies for helping single mothers of Mississippi find liveable wages and stronger career pathways.
Case managers of EESM, four women with experience in career development and government assistance administration, met at the Biloxi headquarters of MLICCI for socially distanced discussion and training. They also toured WinC, a sister nonprofit of MLICCI, to learn from the WinC case managers about their best practices for intake and case management.
"Women workers need a path to self-sufficiency and rewarding careers," said EESM Workforce Lead Yolonda Boone. "WinC is a great example of a training program that empowers and fast tracks women to succeed and prosper in the workforce. Their 'one-size-does-not-fit-all' approach is designed to meet the needs of women, no matter their life circumstances. The EESM team left with new case management tools that will be used to help single moms achieve higher wages."
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Throughout the week of meetings, goals and progress of the EESM program were discussed, and the MLICCI team covered a variety of topics in the training sessions for the case managers, including case management strategies, data collection and management, the Mississippi labor market, child care assistance through the Mississippi Department of Human Services and interpersonal communication with the clients of the EESM program.
Case managers also opened up about the challenges of serving single mothers who desire better career pathways while working around the limitations a global pandemic.
In one of the sessions, Pamela Reynolds, an EESM case manager, discussed how she intends to overcome the barriers of communication when people are hesitant to hold in-person meetings and when, even in the absence of COVID-19, single mothers can be difficult to get in touch with because of their busy work schedules.
“It’s not going to break me, though,” Reynolds said.
Learn more about the EESM program and how it helps single mothers who desire to earn better wages and find affordable child care while advancing their career.
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