Five Keys Schools And Programs

Overview
Headquarters: 
Oakland, CA, USA
Website: 
fivekeys.org
Size: 
1001-5000 employees
Founded: 
2003
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Areas of Focus: 
Education
Human Services
Housing / Shelter
About Us
Mission: 

Using social and restorative justice principles, Five Keys provides traditionally underserved communities the opportunity to improve their lives by focusing on the Five Keys: Education, Employment, Recovery, Family, and Community.

Programs: 

Founded in 2003 by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, Five Keys Schools and Programs is a California-based nonprofit organization recognized as a national leader in social equity initiatives. With operations across 14 counties and more than 100 locations, Five Keys provides a continuum of services that includes:

 

  • Public Charter High Schools in 16 jails and multiple community-based learning centers

  • Housing Services, including shelters, navigation centers, and permanent supportive housing totaling over 2,800 beds statewide, as well as housing and voucher based housing programs

  • Reentry and Workforce Programs, such as transitional employment and training through partnerships with agencies like Caltrans and Butte County Office of Education and Los Angeles City WorkSource Centers.

  • Restorative Justice and Reentry Programs serving incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families

Five Keys employs over 1200 staff, approximately half of whom are formerly incarcerated, and manages an annual budget of $135 million through local, state, and federal funding contracts.

Why Work For Us?: 

At Five Keys, culture matters. Culture is at the very core of everything we do and impact on a daily basis. We’ve made a commitment to building an inclusive culture that seeks collaboration over hierarchy to create empowered work teams. We serve vulnerable populations daily and we strive to approach everyone with compassion, patience and a trauma informed approach. We choose to push past discomfort to have difficult conversations to impact the greater good. This allows us the opportunity to collaboratively create an inclusive culture and transform the world around us.

industry: 
Nonprofit