Dress for Success Sacramento

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$5,000 Goal

Our purpose is to offer long-lasting economical solutions that enable women to break the cycle of poverty. Our goal is to create a world where women do not live in poverty; are treated with dignity and respect; and are strengthening their families and shaping their communities.

Dress for Success Sacramento Services

Workforce Readiness

Our Workforce Readiness Programs provide women and girls with career advancement, life-skills, and mentorship designed to teach networking skills to improve job searches and careers. This Program presents an opportunity for participants to gain access to mentors and the resources needed to secure meaningful employment.  

Going Places Network

Our job acquisition program, Going Places Network, helps unemployed and under-employed women gain professional skills, accelerate their job search and build confidence through weekly training sessions, one-on-one career coaching and networking in a supportive environment. Skilled presenters, coaches and mentors will help you uncover your strengths, build your interview skills, your confidence, and your network. You will graduate feeling uplifted, more knowledgeable and ready to ace any kind of job interview.

Suiting Program

Our Suiting Program is the first of many steps in a client’s path towards self-sufficiency and the actualization of her professional goals. Once they have secured an interview, clients are referred to us from one of our local partner agencies. Once a client secures employment, she is invited to return to our offices, where she receives one week’s worth of office-appropriate clothing.

Mission

The mission of Dress for Success Sacramento is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. “We are about much more than simply a new outfit!”

Our purpose is to offer long-lasting solutions that enable women to break the cycle of poverty. Dress for Success is part of a global movement for change, empowering women to obtain safer and better futures.

We provide each client with professional attire to secure employment, but we are about much more than simply a new outfit. Besides physically equipping the client with apparel and accessories, our programs furnish her with a confidence that she carries forever and the knowledge that she can actively define her life, the direction she takes and what success means to her.

Our Beliefs

Every woman has the right to realize her full potential and achieve financial independence in a more egalitarian world. We believe that with the proper education, tools and action this world is possible.

Poverty often affects women the most, and its effects on them and their families can be long-lasting. Therefore, addressing women’s needs is central to improving the quality of life for not only that woman but also her family, future generations and her community. In fact, recognizing the significant role of women in economic development is the smart thing to do, as well as being socially and morally right.

We believe that achieving gender equality is imperative to developing a sustainable and just world for all, which is possible by acknowledging the crucial role that women play in the world economy.

We believe that by building up a woman’s agency and knowledge, better synergies between gender equality and economic sustainability are realized, enabling her to generate a long-term impact in both her private and public life.

Needs

In 2023, we anticipate an increase in demand for our programs and services. We anticipate that we will serve at least 250 women and families. Our primary funding need is for comprehensive, whole person-centered support services. We serve women in the 9-County Sacramento Region.

Donations of gift cards are always needed.

Equity Statement

At Dress for Success Sacramento, we view diversity, equity, and inclusion as critical to our mission.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Dress for Success Sacramento

Tax id (EIN)

47-1901418

Mission Category

Human Services

Operating Budget

$100,001-$250,000

Organization Need

Funding: Unrestricted, Funding: Program, Space: Office or Other

Demographics Served

Low-income individuals/families, Black/African American, Women/Female-identifying

Local Counties Served

Sacramento, Yolo

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

4215 Norwood Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95838

Service areas

North Highlands, CA, US

Sacramento County, CA, US

Sacramento, CA, US

Citrus Heights, CA, US

Rancho Cordova, CA, US

Phone

916 243 1282

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