From Participant to Coach: Center for Employment Opportunities

Oct 10, 2025
Cincinnati

With support from CEO Cincinnati, Amy rebuilt her life—going from participant to job coach—and now helps others find the same path to stability and success.

$17.06
hourly wage of participants in permanent job placements

“When I came home, I had nothing,” Amy said. With CEO Cincinnati’s support, she secured housing, bought her first car, and joined the Emerging Leaders Program, which helped her build leadership skills. Three months later she was hired as a full-time job coach at CEO where she now helps others overcome the challenges she once faced. Now a student at Cincinnati State, Amy is working towards becoming a licensed counselor and dreams of opening a sober living facility. “They gave me a pathway, but I did the work and now I help others do the same.”

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