Fare Start
Fare Start
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More about this organization
Mission
Our mission: FareStart provides job training programs that transform homelessness, poverty and hunger into human potential. Our vision: We rebuild lives, reconnect families and strengthen our diverse community. We experience the power of contributing, the gift of giving, and the joy of helping through preparing and serving meals to our community. We build a self-sustaining organization through businesses that provide hands-on experience for students, financial support for our programs, and a place for our community to grow. We nourish our community by collaborating with our partners to put an end to homelessness, one human being at a time.
About
Farestart is proud to report outstanding 2018 outcomes, serving 1,253 individuals across all programs. The adult culinary program graduated 145 students, with 91% placed in jobs within 90 days of graduating. The youth barista program graduated 48 youth, placing 76% in jobs within 6 months. The youth culinary program graduated 38 youth and 51 youth advanced their education. 20 adults graduated from the apprenticeship program with an average wage increase of 20%. Our community and school meals programs produced and served more than 858,000 meals to those in need in our community. Our national program, Catalyst Kitchens, worked with 65 nonprofit organizations across the U.S. and Canada.
