Become A Springboard Kitchens Student!
Learn a skill - Start a Career - Better Your Life
Our Mission
Springboard Kitchens helps homeless and disadvantaged men and women achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training, and employment in the food service industry. Through this kitchen we also provide the community with healthy, nutritious meals.
Our Recipe for Success for Training Students
There are four main ingredients to this training recipe:
- Culinary training at Springboard Kitchens is taught through hands-on, real-world experience in our kitchen. Students work and train alongside our own chef staff.
- Case management coordination helps students with the complexities of day-to-day life and ensures students are attached to the services they need. Employment Specialists work with students on an individual basis, adapting to each student's particular needs and advising students on a variety of issues, including how to organize and manage daily issues such as transportation, health care, and housing.
- Life skills training teaches students how to set goals, work as part of a team, and make positive choices for themselves. Training focuses on workplace essentials, such as conflict resolution, stress and anger management, timeliness, and personal presentation.
- Job placement and retention services means finding the right jobs for students and continuing to work with them after they've graduated to ensure that they retain their jobs and realize adequate wage progression.
To Apply or Refer a Client
Contact our employment specialist at (412) 246-4738. She will set up a time to meet with you or tell you about our next open house.
Our intake (enrollment) application is available below in PDF and Word format:
You are welcome to complete this application to bring with you to your first meeting or to an open house, but it is not necessary to have this completed prior to your first meeting.