Small Sums’ sole purpose is to help homeless adult individuals, who have found jobs, with the specific things that they need to start back to work. With practical and timely assistance that few other agencies provide, we remove obstacles that prevent homeless workers from being able to take a job.  We often provide our clients assistance with things like required work clothes and shoes, trade tools, professional licenses or union dues, and bus passes so they have a reliable way to get to work every day until they receive a paycheck.

We believe that given the right tools, opportunities, and guidance, homeless individuals can find living wage employment, and through living wage employment, they will find a place to call home.  Our programs represent a unique approach to social outreach. Because we remove specific employment obstacles, the assistance provided by Small Sums helps to empower our clients and move them toward financial independence.

Small Sums Programs:

• Ready and Dressed – providing appropriate or required work wear for a client's new job.
• Tools for the Job – Small Sums provides the basic (often mandatory) trade tools needed to start work in the client’s field again.
• Bus Passes – bus passes provide a reliable way to get to work and take care of other important matters.
• Professional Trade Licenses – Small Sums covers the test and license fees so that clients can return to work in the higher-paying fields in which they have been trained.