ST. LOUIS — City officials are seeking a partner to run a $450,000 program offering homeless people temporary jobs repairing roads, cutting grass and picking up trash.
The idea, according to city documents, is to offer paying jobs to people who otherwise wouldn’t have them, and then help them secure permanent employment so they can become self-sufficient.
The St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment is looking for a partner with experience working with the unhoused that is capable of providing services to at least 100 people during a yearlong contract starting Oct. 1.
The partnering organization will also need to provide case management and other support to the program participants.
The funding for the program will be covered by federal pandemic aid.
The deadline for organizations to submit proposals is 4 p.m. on July 19. The request for proposals is on the .
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