Our Mission

For 25 years, Jubilee Jobs has been a place of hope and support for disadvantaged job-seekers throughout metropolitan Washington. We provide compassionate, skilled job preparation and placement services to people who need it most, including ex-offenders, welfare recipients, immigrants, the homeless and the formerly addicted. Once people are working, we focus our efforts on job retention and "next steps" toward career growth.

The mission of Jubilee Jobs is to prepare men and women to re-enter the workforce and connect with marketplace jobs. Our strategy breaks down the isolation of unemployment and replaces it with the productivity of a job and the support of a community. The Jubilee Jobs process encourages applicants every step of the way on their journey to employment, from initial meetings with Jubilee's dedicated Job Counselors, to job skills workshops and interviewing, to placement - and continues thereafter, with community and support from monthly Job Friends dinners. We joyfully celebrate the many success stories of Jubilee Jobs' alumni.

Jubilee Jobs was founded in the recession of 1981 when residents of Jubilee Housing and members of the Church of the Saviour formed a small group called the "Committee of Compassion." The group helped meet basic needs of families in the apartments. One day a resident on the committee said, "We need jobs. If you help us find jobs, we can take care of the other stuff." Terry Flood and Ann Schuurman responded to that request, and Jubilee Jobs was founded to provide a vital link between the unemployed poor and the marketplace jobs they deserve. Our goal is to help each applicant advance on their path to a Living Wage.

Today, Jubilee Jobs is able to serve hundreds of job-seekers each month, thanks to the continuing contributions from our many supporters, which we gratefully accept and utilize efficiently. We are proud to present our Annual Report, which details how, on a total expenditure of $651,415.64, we were able to help 694 Jubilee Jobs clients hear the words "You're hired" and begin again in marketplace jobs.

In 2005 Jubilee Jobs was added to the Catalogue for Philanthropy and the Community Foundation Spirit of Giving Guide.

Since 1981, nearly 16,000 clients have successfully been hired through the Jubilee Jobs program.