Ready, Willing & Able breaks the cycles of homelessness, addiction, and criminal recidivism by providing paid transitional work, occupational training, housing, and comprehensive support services to homeless individuals.

Ready, Willing & Able breaks the cycles of homelessness, addiction, and criminal recidivism by providing paid transitional work, occupational training, housing, and comprehensive support services to h

Community Improvement Project
After 30 days in RWA, trainees start work that changes lives and improves our city. Trainees perform highly visible work, such as street cleaning or landscaping, and focus on building a work ethic as well as developing the "soft skills" of employment: Punctuality, Teamwork, Following instructions fr

Custodial Maintenence
Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) crews are contracted to maintain three homeless shelters by the Office of Supportive Housing. For our formerly homeless trainees, this is a particularly poignant task that acts as a powerful motivator to homeless people still there. Philadelphia trainee crews clean bathro

Culinary Arts
We recognize the many unique talents of our trainees, and that's why Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) operates a culinary arts job-training program, which provides food handling and food preparation skills, as well as basic nutrition education. This program offers intensive, on-the-job training for those