WoMen Investigating New Goals and Solutions, (WINGS)

W.I.N.G.S.

TODAY is the FIRST day of the REST of your LIFE!!

WoMen Investigating New Goals and Solutions, (WINGS) is a pre-employment program for men and women who lack income due to death, divorce, separation, or the disability of a partner. Through a series of workshops, one-to-one counseling and group support, participants can gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to achieve full-time employment and lead fulfilling lives. The WINGS program is funded through the Minnesota Displaced Homemakers Program (DHP) and serves Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine, Stearns, Sherburne, and Wright Counties

SERVICES ARE FREE TO PERSONS WHO QUALIFY.

What is a Displaced Homemaker?

Have you been a stay at home parent or stayed home to maintain the household and now need to become financially self-sufficient?
Are you Unemployed? Underemployed? Seeking a career change?
Do you lack income due to the death of a spouse, a divorce, a separation, a disability of you or your spouse a loss of Public Assistance?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you may be a displaced homemaker and W.I.N.G.S. may be the program to help YOU!

The WINGS program serves Benton, Stearns, Sherburne, Wright, Pine, Isanti, Chisago, and Kannabec counties. Groups are held weekly in St. Cloud on Tuesdays at Anna Marie's, and Thursdays at Journey Home. Monthly evening sessions are held at Jill Eckhoff Transition House and New Beginnings. Workshops in the outlying counties are conducted at the areas workforce centers on Tuesday and Wednesdays.

For more information contact:

Joan Steele (St. Cloud outlying counties) at 320-257-4512

Sherri Hoeschen (St. Cloud metro area) at 320-257-4511

Workshop Schedules

Outlying counties

Tuesday: 1:00 P.M.-3:00 PM at Mora Workforce Center
Wednesday: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, at Cambridge Workforce Center
Wednesday: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 PM
(1st and last Wednesdays.) Pine Technical College - Employment & Training Center