The  End  Violence  Project 

Committed to ending violence without violence

Direction for job or schooling
These tips were provided by two graduates of the End Violence Project. We invite you to contact us to add more resources and contacts to this list.

Go to temporary agencies and get started. Getting a job is a necessity for staying away from going back. The Community Correction Centers and the libraries are good places to get information about literacy programs.

OIC has an excellent program for job training, GED, vocational training, culinary art, and work experience training.  They are located at:
1600 North 19th Street.
Telephone (215) 765-2500

Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. (PHDC)
1234 Market Street, 20th fl.
Phila. PA 19107
(215) 448-3172
(215) 448-2123 fax
contact person, Anthony Jackson (job developer)

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
Provides job training

DPA
Job Search Program
Jefferson District
2701 North Broad Street
3rd Floor
(215) 560-7380
Contact Person, Miss Lynn
Employment and Training Program
Rights and Responsibilities
(215) 560-6600

Veteran's Administration has a job development program for the veterans.
174 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19133
(215) 739-0243
DPA also pays for GED program offered by Community College of Philadelphia
Located at 1700 Spring Garden Avenue

PIC
MAIN # (215) 963-2100
Outreach Program (215) 557-2625

There are some temporary job services that employ ex-offenders.
The following have been helpful to the residents of CCC#2.

London Personnel Services

3 Garrett Road
Upper Darby, PA 19082
Tel (610) 734-3223 Fax (610) 734-3236

930 North 8th Street
(between Girard & Poplar)

355 West Main Street
Norristown, PA
(610) 239-8367

218 South Easton Road
Glenside, PA
(215) 572-7818

232 East State Street
Trenton, NJ
(609) 393 4200

617 Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE
(302) 777 7818

360 East Main Street
Newark, DE
(302) 266-7501

7434 Frankford Avenue
(Pratt Personnel)
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 331-4250

NBC Workforce, Inc.
145 E. Allegheny Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19134
Tel (215) 291-0311
Fax (215) 291-0774

Amerasian Staffing, Inc.
5745 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120
Tel (215) 224-1500
         224-5262
Fax (215) 224-5159

Lin Electric
5938 Griscomb Drive
Ben Salem, PA 19120
Day contact person Mel (215) 757-8175
Vince cell phone (2150 431-3201

Baker Industries
Mark Sutherland (215) 848-2400
Malvern branch (610) 296-9795

General contracting
Mike Galleger (610) 789- 1114
437 South Cedar Lane
Upper Darby

If you know of employers who hire ex-offenders, please let us know so they can be added to the list.

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To participate in the End Violence Project, please contact: Mahin Bina
End Violence Project, Inc.* P.O. Box 1395, Bryn Mawr PA 19010 * (610)-527-2821