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Program Benefits PDF Print E-mail

Benefits to Employees:

  • Supported work environment;
  • Teaches work skills;
  • Increases confidence and self-esteem;
  • Offers valuable work experience;
  • Builds a resume;
  • Overcomes barriers to employment;
  • Provides business contacts and networking opportunities.
Benefits to Businesses

  • CSSI guarantees performance to the business subscriber's job standards;
  • CSSI assumes total responsibility for filling and managing the position;
  • CSSI recruits and schedules staff for MWS/ME positions;
  • Provides employment solutions;
  • Offers access to alternative labor pools;
  • Creates a diverse workforce;
  • Provides employee-retention assistance.
Benefits to Service Providers
  • Job development services for MWS/ME program participants;
  • Access to businesses creating job opportunities with health benefits, livable wages and career advancement opportunities for MWS/ME participants;
  • Advocacy for MWS/ME program participants transitioning to competitive employment;
  • A partnership designed to meet mutual goals and objectives.

 
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CEI IN THE NEWS!

U.S. Finance Expert Encourages Banking Investment in Maine Communities
At CEI's 32nd Annual Meeting, Ellen Seidman, Exec. VP of ShoreBank in Chicago, and Sr. Research Fellow with the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, urged Maine bankers and community activists to consider “greater community investment…meeting the actual needs of the community, not just counting dollars invested.” See full speech.

See annual meeting remarks by Ron Phillips, CEO, on triple bottom line investing and the next 5 years for CEI…

See the 12/14/09 article on CEI and the state of investing in communities. It’s where mission happens…

CEI Receives $125 Million in NMTC  Through its subsidiary, CEI Capital Management LLC, CEI will use the allocation to attract private capital investments for primarily rural economic development projects. See press release here.

CEI Receives Investment Funds
In partnership with Manufacturers Association of Maine, CEI will receive $765,000 over from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services (OCS), to finance several job-generating small-to-medium enterprises. This funding will create 78 full-time, year-round jobs.  Read press release here. 

Bangor Savings Bank and CEI offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in disadvantaged areas in Maine. Read more here.
Opportunities for Maine People

"....CSSI gives businesses what they need while at the same time affording people opportunities to be successful in today's job market. Job coaches help the CSSI workers overcome whatever challenges they may face, whether they be physical disabilities or language skills. Coaches are trained in the positions they supervise and are thus able to provide an extra measure of help to the workers. CSSI guarantees the work will be done, no matter what. Job coaches help CSSI employees learn about getting and keeping a job, handling their money, customer service skills, and many of the important aspects of becoming a good employee...."

Gerard Salvo, President, CSSI
36 Water Street, PO Box 268, Wiscasset, ME 04578; Telephone: 207/882-7552; FAX: 207/882-7308; E-mail: cei@ceimaine.org