To date, over 3,600 San Franciscans have been employed and over 700 employers have been able to hire despite the recession. In addition, approximately $55 million dollars in wages have been pumped into the San Francisco economy through this program.

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“Thank you for your good efforts in facilitating our hiring of 11 new Jobs Now employees at the Asian Art Museum. I am extremely grateful for your patient support and assistance throughout the process. Our new employees, excited and enthusiastic, arrived well before the starting time on Monday; I told them that this was the first time in my long career that I have ever had an entire group of new employees arrive early on the first day! They are already hard at work throughout various departments in the museum. We are really looking forward to introducing them to the wonderful world of museum life.”

- Valerie Pechenik, Human Resources Director

Federal funding for the JOBS NOW! program is set to expire on September 30, 2010, placing nearly a quarter million Americans are at risk of losing their jobs this month. Click the link below to sign an online petition urging Congress to extend funding for one additional year. http://www.archive.org/details/readtheletters.

Currently Mayor Newsom is working aggressively with our Federal partners on an extension.  Please check back with this website for updates.

• For Employers: JOBS NOW! SF is a simple program that makes the recovery work for businesses.  The City provides worker referrals and reimburses you 100% of the wages through September 30, 2010.
• For Job Seekers: JOBS NOW! SF offers qualifying San Francisco residents a simple route to great jobs with local companies. Most unemployed single parents and many families will qualify automatically. There are a wide range of job types available to participants through the JOBS NOW! program.

Interested employers or job seekers should call 1-877-JOB1NOW (1-877-562-1669) or 311 from within the City or contact us for more information.

Consistent with the goals of the federal stimulus package, the primary objectives of the JOBS NOW! program are to provide an immediate source of income for low-income families and to stimulate local economic recovery. JOBS NOW! builds upon several successful transitional jobs programs already in place at SF-HSA, which were designed to help unemployed individuals address barriers to employment, develop soft skills, gain work experience and progress toward self-sufficiency. JOBS NOW! participants will exit the program with stable employment history, leaving them better positioned to obtain an unsubsidized job when the stimulus period ends. The JOBS NOW! program benefits local employers by providing referrals of qualified workers and by subsidizing 100% of their wages until September 30, 2010. It’s a win-win!

• More than 1,000 employers are already signed up to participate, and over 2,000 jobs have been funded since September.
• The program is designed for easy participation by companies that have never considered subsidized employment before.
• Eligible job seekers receive a voucher they can use to approach their employers of choice.

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