Healthy Families

HU-CARE supports families receiving temporary assistance: Hampton University's Career Advancement and Resiliency Empowerment (HU-CARE) project provides support to low-income individuals within the Hampton community, who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) through the City's Social Services Department. The Welfare-to-Work initiative has reduced welfare rolls by promoting self-sufficiency, providing education and job training, offering supportive services, and assisting searches for full-time employment at or above minimum wage salaries. The program, which began in 1998, continues to this day.

HU-CARE supports families in the Regional Job Support Network: This grant funded project, managed by Departments of Social Services in Hampton and Newport News, partnered with HU-CARE to provide services for low-income families served through the Regional Job Support Network (RJSN). HU-CARE provides education and training for participants in the RJSN, who receive intensive case management, job placement, and follow-up services through the RJSN.-