The Center for Work Education and Employment (CWEE) helps low-income individuals, primarily single parents, build pathways to long-term employment and financial stability. Through a holistic approach, CWEE offers integrated mental support within personalized career coaching, job readiness workshops, GED, and education pathways.
Caring for Denver supports CWEE in delivering coordinated, trauma-informed mental health services as part of its comprehensive career readiness programming. These services are designed to be “stackable,” allowing participants to access multiple forms of support in one place.
Impact Highlights
Participants can engage in therapy throughout the program. In their most recent reporting cycle, CWEE served 128 individuals, including 46 through individual and family therapy, 72 through social-emotional learning programs, and 91 through peer support, with most participants engaging in more than one service.
The impact is clear: among the 67 social-emotional learning participants who completed more than one assessment, 84% reported an increased ability to cope with challenges. Therapy services also proved to be a needed service that retained 81% of individual therapy participants for three or more sessions.
CWEE reports that expanding onsite mental health services has significantly improved access, engagement, and overall well-being. With 88% of Denver-based participants receiving care in person or through a hybrid model, individuals can more easily integrate support into their daily routines, as it makes sense for them. This approach allows participants to attend therapy, join workshops, access food and basic needs in the Resource Room, and connect with case management or wellness staff—all in a single visit.