The 2024 contribution exemplifies Sands’ focus on workforce development initiatives and empowering unemployed and underemployed people to find pathways to jobs and careers.
Funding is focused on organizational capacity building in the areas of job readiness, career coaching and mentorship; styling services; and financial literacy programs for women who need resources to assist them on their paths to meaningful employment and economic independence.
DFS Southern Nevada is the local affiliate of the leading global nonprofit employment resource for women. The organization empowers women in
DFS Southern Nevada’s signature Styling for Success program provides personalized suiting and styling services for clients to address their immediate needs for appropriate interview and work attire and instills a sense of self-assurance and professionalism that is crucial for successful interviews. Services include consultations, fitting sessions and curated outfits that align with industry standards, ensuring that each woman feels empowered to present her best self to potential employers.
The Sands Cares contribution also supports the organization’s financial literacy programs, which close knowledge gaps among underrepresented minority women who make up the majority of the nonprofit’s clients. Online and in-person courses cover topics such as budgeting, saving, investing and managing debt.
Finally, the Sands Cares donation enables other capacity-building initiatives such as purchasing software tools for resume builders and career assessments, upgrading DFS Southern Nevada’s Career Center hardware and software resources for virtual mentorship and training sessions, and providing new group learning, networking and mentoring opportunities for various industries in
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