C.A.R.E.S.

Sarasota Housing Authority (SHA) introduces the C.A.R.E.S. program as a way of furthering residents’ career development and job opportunity potential.  C.A.R.E.S. stands for Career Advancement for Resident Economic Self-Self-Sufficiency.  Also known as the Section 3 program, the C.A.R.E.S. program is an opportunity for residents’ to use their skills for short- and long-term job opportunities with SHA and its business partners. 

All SHA public housing residents and housing choice voucher program participants eighteen (18) years of age or older are eligible to participate in the C.A.R.E.S. program.  In addition all eligible participants must:

• Complete a C.A.R.E.S. program application.
• Have completed the ROSS Center’s Job Skills course.
• Have no current and/or past history of any legal action with SHA including, but not limited to, current documented eviction, criminal and drug activity and/or trespassing.
• Be current on monthly rent payments.

Following the completion of the program application, eligible participants will complete a job readiness assessment.  The job readiness assessment shows which career areas program participants perform at their best.  After the job readiness assessment is completed, program participants’ names, career skills, and contact information are placed into a database for short- and long-term job opportunities. .

For additional information about the C.A.R.E.S. program please contact Nicole Brown at (941) 361-6210, ext. 221 or nbrown@sarasotahousing.org.

The C.A.R.E.S. Program application is available here.