Beyond Careers

About Beyond Careers

 

 2009 Pursuit of Excellence Certificate of Appreciation

Received award from the Department of the Treasury INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC). This award is in recognition and appreciation of outstanding partnering contributions made in achieving the SPEC Mission.

Helping Houston’s under-served citizens stay on a productive path

Beyond Careers gives Houston’s economically disadvantaged citizens the educational opportunities they need to get ahead.  We provide financial literacy, tax preparation, career/entrepreneur, and other related training workshops to help our clients who want to be self-sufficient and/or self-employed.   These workshops are offered through schools, community organizations, churches and other groups.   We also fulfill a critical need in the community: to decrease escalating drop-out rates in schools which leaves many young people without the education and skills needed to fill service jobs in the health, professional, and other high-tech fields.

Our program includes low-to-moderate income (LMI) families.   This includes youth, seniors, and offenders.  Vital among this target group are people with disabilities.   Our innovative training workshops address the obstacles of the extremely high rate of unemployment and underemployment of persons with disabilities.   These training workshops help with the economic development of our community. 

We are pleased to have the support of U.S. Congressman Al Green, State Senator Rodney Ellis, State Representative Alma A. Allen, and State Representative Jessica Farrar. 

Beyond Careers is a community-based, 501(c) (3), non-profit organization founded on July 7, 2003.  Federal and state tax-exempt certifications were awarded on July 9, 2004.

• 2007 1st Place Award-winning website designed by Idea Integration Interactive (IDEA II) in the AIR Houston competition.