Pathways to Independence is an initiative of Butler County United Way with collaborative services provided by the YWCA Hamilton and Community Behavioral Health to serve unemployed and underemployed residents and help them move into self-sufficiency.

The program's ultimate goal is for participants to attain self-sufficiency.  Services are offered at both the downtown Hamilton YWCA and Fairfield Workforce One locations.  Participants can receive services in job placement, computer skills training, soft skill and job skills improvement, educational assessment and assistance, financial literacy workshops, referrals to address barriers, and individualized career counseling.

• Men and women
• Unemployed or underemployed
• Those who need new skills for promotion to keep their job
• Single parents, veterans and spouses, those with criminal histories
• Many of our unemployed participants have been out of work for over a year when they come to us