COMMUNITY KITCHEN PITTSBURGH IS A PENNSYLVANIA-BASED 501C3 NONPROFIT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CENTERED ON FOOD INDUSTRY JOBS. WE OPERATE ON A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MODEL, WITH FOODSERVICE BUSINESSES PROVIDING REVENUES TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMS AND THE FOUNDATION FOR APPLIED TRAINING IN AN OJT SETTING. OUR TARGET POPULATION FOR OUR WORKFORCE TRAINING IS UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS FROM NON-TRADITIONAL POPULATIONS, INCLUDING WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED, AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT. WE TRAIN OUR PARTICIPANTS FOR GOOD-PAYING JOBS IN THE INDUSTRY, PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND ASSIST WITH JOB PLACEMENT AND RETENTION. BUTCHERY CURRENTLY IS EMBEDDED IN OUR CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM AS A 16-HOUR INTRODUCTORY COURSE TAUGHT ONSITE TO OUR PARTICIPANTS BY UNIFIED FIELDS. THE PROCESSED MEAT IS USED IN THE CONTRACT MEALS WE SERVE TO AREA SHELTERS AND OTHER NONPROFITS.