- Columbus Works was established to offer employment training, placement, and retention services to economically disadvantaged youth and young adults who are unemployed and out of school. Its mission is to:
- 1) increase economic opportunity for disadvantaged Franklin County youth and young adults;
- 2) increase the availability of qualified entry-level workers for Columbus area employers; and
- 3) serve as a model of effective design, delivery, management, and financing of employment and training programs for unemployed youth and young adults.
Columbus Works operates on the premise that if given the chance, most people will choose knowledge over ignorance, skill over competence, work over welfare, independence before dependence, and legitimate activities above crime. It believes in "doing whatever it takes" to give young adults who are economically disadvantaged and dependent, an opportunity to achieve a decent quality of life through employment.
