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First Step Remembers Greg Block
First Step Staffing is extremely sad to announce the passing of our founder, Greg Block. With a personal goal to give back to his community, Greg started First Step when he was just 40 years old. His dedication, ingenuity and passion for helping others helped launch a unique and growing social enterprise that has helped thousands take [...]
Staffing and temp agencies help fill hiring needs
By: Randy Sutherland, Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle As unemployment has soared due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some companies and industries are still in the hunt for talent. Many are increasingly turning to staffing and temp agencies to fill positions quickly. “We’re definitely seeing people go back to work, and [...]
First Step Staffing Names New CEO
First Step Staffing, Inc. is excited to announce that Amelia Nickerson, previously Vice President of Development and Community Relations, has been promoted to CEO for the organization. Amelia joined the First Step team in January 2018 bringing with her more than a decade of experience as a fundraiser, volunteer, and board member for [...]
First Step Staffing Atlanta Partners with GA Commute Options on Transportation Efforts
We have partnered with Georgia Commute Options, formally the Clean Air Campaign, a program working to reduce traffic and improve air quality. They reward commuters for clean commutes such as carpooling, taking transit, working from home and more. Many of our employees take transit and vanpool every day! For more information on GA Commute [...]
Coronavirus Awareness and Actions
First Step Staffing continues to monitor the rapidly changing situation and guidance surround the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Thank you for the steps you have already taken to minimize the impact of this virus. We are fully committed to the safety of our employees, clients and customers while we work to continue providing [...]
Atlanta Business Chronicle Reports: First Step and Other Community Groups Work Together To Decrease Homelessness
Groups work together to decrease homelessness By Tonya Layman – Contributing Writer January 12, 2020 The number of people living on the streets of Atlanta has declined, in part due to several organizations partnering on a common theme: to lead the charge to make homelessness in Atlanta rare, brief and non-recurring. Over the last decade, [...]
First Step Staffing, Inc. Expands into Southern California
Atlanta-based First Step Staffing, Inc. Expands into Southern California Acquires Portion of OS4 Labor to expand its job placement program for men and women experiencing homelessness, veterans and returning citizens ATLANTA (December 17, 2019) – First Step Staffing, a social enterprise founded in Atlanta, GA in 2007, has been focused on [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer Reports: Philly courts hosted a job fair for the pretrial population
by: Juliana Feliciano Reyes, Updated: July 23, 2019 It was an unconventional job fair. There were no splashy banners advertising companies, no branded swag, no suits. Just folks filling out paperwork on the benches of a Philadelphia courtroom Monday — sometimes with a drug test swab in their mouth — waiting for an interview where they’d [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer Reports: Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.
by Samantha Melamed (updated June 11, 2019) As a Monday morning rain rinsed LOVE Park and chased early commuters into their offices, 34 people gathered by the LOVE sculpture and waited impatiently for a lottery to begin. Roberto Valdez, an outreach worker from Mental Health Partnerships (MHP), read out the numbers, and wide grins broke [...]
Stand Together Foundation Invests in 10 Atlanta nonprofits
By: Maria Saporta, Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle The Stand Together Foundation, a national poverty-fighting initiative partly funded by the Koch family, has made a grand entrance in Atlanta by investing in 10 local nonprofits. The Atlanta cohort of 10 nonprofits was launched May 20th at a summit held at the City of [...]