CREATING CENTRAL OHIO FUTURES IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE, UPLIFT, AND PLACE CENTRAL OHIO’S WORKERS INTO GOOD PAYING JOBS.
Creating Central Ohio Futures has partnered with the City of Columbus and Franklin County to offer multiple unique workforce development initiatives: Building Back Better Together, Building Futures, Driving Futures, and County Futures. Each program takes on a unique approach to job training and skill development in order to strengthen our communities by providing program participants with a clear path to the Middle Class.
Building back stronger, building back better, Building Back Better Together
Central Ohio continues to thrive and expand as Columbus holds steady as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. The opportunity to live and work here is growing just as quickly. The Building Back Better Together program was created to give everyone the opportunity to a clear path to the Middle Class. Building Back Better Together, or 3BT, provides a broad range of opportunities ranging from obtaining your CDL to warehouse work to careers with the City of Columbus and beyond. Our job is to clear the path for you; your’s is to put the work in.
Looking for career opportunities with Franklin County?
Then County Futures is the program for you! We have established a partnership between CCOHF, The Franklin County Commissioners, and the Franklin County Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to assist individuals seeking employment with Franklin County. This community outreach and job training program is offered free to any Franklin County resident eighteen years or older.
Looking for an opportunity with the building trades?
Building Futures is the program for you! These careers include: bricklayers, cement masons, drywall finishers, electricians, glaziers, HVAC-R, insulators, iron workers, laborers, millwrights, painters, pipefitters, plasterers, plumbers, roofers, sheet metal, sign and display, sprinkler fitters, and tile layers. Our specialized and accelerated programming is designed to put you on the pathway to the middle class through opportunities with the trades.
Want to obtain your CDL?
Driving Futures provides opportunities for participants to obtain their Commercial Drivers License and the careers that come along with that. We provide the soft skills development necessary to be successful along with covering the cost for driving school.
Creating Central Ohio Futures is creating a clear pathway to the middle class for working people in Central Ohio, including those who for too long have worked in low wage jobs or couldn’t get a good job despite their best efforts. From helping develop soft skills and practical training to working closely with graduates when it comes to job placement, we aim to provide residents with opportunities for good wages, high quality benefits, safe working conditions, and the ability to retire with dignity. That is what makes working people, their diverse neighborhoods, and American cities, strong.
- Since 2017, CCOHF Workforce Development programs have offered pathways to the middle class and out of poverty for 812 Franklin County residents.
- Our data reflects that 97% of our program participants were experiencing poverty prior to graduating from the program.
- The average annual income of our program graduates is $56,052.75.
- 82% of our graduates are employed after one year.
- Since 2019, 19 of our Building Futures graduates have become Journeymen.
