Emergency Assistance Fund
CSA raises and spends approximately $120,000 annually and assists about 350 families with emergency financial needs- prevention of utility cut-offs and evictions, needed prescriptions, transportation so members can keep working, food, child care and other needs. Eligibility criteria apply.
Information and Referral Services
CSA annually refers hundreds of metro area residents to community resources for all kinds of social services assistance.
Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program
This program provides a 6-week pre-apprenticeship construction training program to help low-income individuals and ex-offenders enhance their abilities to secure jobs in the construction industry, or successfully enter registered union apprenticeship programs. This program has an 80% placement rate.
Lay-off and Strike Preparation and Support for workers and their families
CSA provides assistance preparing for interruption in work and income due to layoff, RIF or strike, as well as help accessing available services.
Educational Workshops for Unions and Their Members
CSA provides information and workshops on a variety of topics including budgeting and financial management, retirement planning, preparing for lay-off and job loss, helping co-workers with substance abuse problems, finding care for aging parents, and other topics of interest to workers.
Union Volunteer Recruitment
Through the area’s 180 local unions, CSA works to recruit union volunteers for community projects. Annually, we generate over 300 individual members for various projects through CSA throughout the metro Washington area.
CSA raises and spends approximately $120,000 annually and assists about 350 families with emergency financial needs- prevention of utility cut-offs and evictions, needed prescriptions, transportation so members can keep working, food, child care and other needs. Eligibility criteria apply.
Information and Referral Services
CSA annually refers hundreds of metro area residents to community resources for all kinds of social services assistance.
Building Futures Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program
This program provides a 6-week pre-apprenticeship construction training program to help low-income individuals and ex-offenders enhance their abilities to secure jobs in the construction industry, or successfully enter registered union apprenticeship programs. This program has an 80% placement rate.
Lay-off and Strike Preparation and Support for workers and their families
CSA provides assistance preparing for interruption in work and income due to layoff, RIF or strike, as well as help accessing available services.
Educational Workshops for Unions and Their Members
CSA provides information and workshops on a variety of topics including budgeting and financial management, retirement planning, preparing for lay-off and job loss, helping co-workers with substance abuse problems, finding care for aging parents, and other topics of interest to workers.
Union Volunteer Recruitment
Through the area’s 180 local unions, CSA works to recruit union volunteers for community projects. Annually, we generate over 300 individual members for various projects through CSA throughout the metro Washington area.
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