EMERGE’s social enterprises play a crucial role in empowering individuals facing significant employment barriers by offering them jobs and fostering good work habits through support and encouragement. These enterprises not only provide employment but also deliver an array of essential services to their employees, including mental health support, participation in Job Club, financial wellness classes, and trauma recovery assistance.
Within these enterprises, participants are not just employed; they are prepared for future opportunities. EMERGE ensures that these jobs act as transitional platforms, equipping participants with the skills and confidence needed to move into other employment opportunities. Each business within EMERGE provides a unique path toward a shared objective: helping individuals build a career.
Moreover, besides partnering with individuals, EMERGE’s social enterprises contribute positively to the community and the environment while generating revenue for the organization.
Second Chance Recycling
Second Chance Recycling is a social enterprise business renewing our communities by annually employing more than 100 people overcoming barriers to employment, turning mattress waste into new products, and supporting a cleaner planet. To date, we have recycled over 500,000 mattresses and kept 20 million pounds of recyclable material out of landfills.
Furnish Office & Home
Furnish Office & Home is our nonprofit resale store where community members can find deals on an ever-changing selection of gently used office and home furniture. Furnish Office & Home provides retail and customer service experience for qualifying participants to build and diversify resumes of people overcoming barriers to employment.
