Chrysalis Center

Core employment program - Chrysalis offers job-readiness and employment-related social services that strengthen our clients' employability. Individuals who access Chrysalis services may have experienced homelessness, been impacted by the criminal justice system, or are seeking assistance in navigating a barrier to employment. Through case management, classroom instruction, and one-on-one sessions with volunteers or staff employment specialists, clients build job-readiness skills, create resumes, participate in practice interviews, apply to jobs, and receive resources and support to navigate other barriers they may be facing.clients have access to a range of supplemental supports that include interview clothing, rental, utilities, and transportation assistance, food, technology, and a mailing address, as well as mental health support and legal assistance. In addition, Chrysalis provides scholarships to help clients access external trainings, certifications, and tools/materials that will help them in their job search. After a client has landed a job, staff continue to connect with them with support focused on employment retention.in 2022, we empowered 6,758 clients on their pathway to stability, security, and fulfillment in their work and lives and 1,553 clients secured employment in the general workforce.

Chrysalis enterprises program - for clients who are interested in and in need of current work experience, Chrysalis offers paid, transitional jobs with its employment social enterprise to get them started on the road to permanent, outside employment. Transitional jobs deliver marketable experience and occupational skills while providing a closely supervised, supportive working environment that allows clients to demonstrate and practice their hard and soft skills. In 2022, Chrysalis enterprises operated four business lines within its employment social enterprise: works, safekeeping, roads, and staffing.chrysalis works employs Chrysalis clients and provides street maintenance to business improvement districts, safe storage for individuals experiencing homelessness, and janitorial services for companies throughout los angeles county.chrysalis safekeeping employs our clients in vital safe storage management and janitorial services for our most vulnerable community members.chrysalis roads employs Chrysalis clients on crews across southern California ensuring that our freeways are beautified by providing landscaping and litter abatement services.chrysalis staffing connects clients to employers throughout los angeles and orange counties who are looking for temporary or temporary-to-permanent employees. Businesses working with staffing are most often seeking to fill positions in the following industries: general labor, warehouse, facilities maintenance, hospitality, clerical, and food service. In 2022, 1,709 clients worked a transitional job in Chrysalis enterprises.