Life Skills
Teaching the youth and young adults with financial literacy, etiquette, resume development, and how to communicate.
Conflict Resolution
Helping the youth with bully prevention, cyber safety as well as social safety skills.
Self Esteem
Catering to the youth on how to deal with sexuality issues and relationship development.
The Team
Cachet Allen is the Founder of Elevate & Training Outreach. Cachet grew up an at-risk youth in the Englewood community on the South Side of Chicago, constantly searching for opportunities to be a better version of herself. Knowing that anything was possible despite hardships she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Technical Management in Human Resources from DeVry University.
With over ten years of experience in recruiting, she has worked for Fortune 100 companies, including Xerox, Baxter and Aon Hewitt. She excelled at keeping retention down and built professional partnerships with other organizations. Having come from the unpolished curriculum offered in schools that unfortunately lead to children not being qualified for college or unable to afford college, she knew she would be able to present to them a role model who could personally relate to their day to day obstacles.
With her steadfast faith in God, blend of tenacity, and know how, Cachet created a program designed to offer at-risk students basic training and development.
The Team
Mel Johnson is our COO and Managing Partner. Mel brings a great deal of wealth, knowledge and favorable experience to ELEVATE. Mel has been fostering workforce development programs throughout the Chicagoland area for the last 25 years plus. Developing a combination of workforce development and positive job placement and retention outcomes.
Mel’s primarily focuses is servicing, special needs populations including ex-offenders, distressed youth, individuals with disabilities, older workers, homeless job seekers and veterans. Mel’s own personal mission is to provide our communities the highest level of self-sufficiency and finical stability as possible, projecting and preparing workforce development programs so job seekers can complete effectively and successfully in today’s work place and global economy. Mel has been a part of the very fabric that has built workforce development in the city of Chicago for many years.
Mel’s former employers, consulting clients and workforce affiliates include the following. City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Workforce development, Chicago Housing Authority, Cook Country Workforce Board, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Area Project, Centers for new horizons, Employment and Employment services, Major Adams community development corporation, Near Westside community development corporation, Pyramid Partnership and career institute, State way community Partners and the Angel of God Resource Center. Mel is a product of HBCU by way of Texas Southern University in Houston Texas and holds degrees in Human Service and Community Law.
About Us
Elevate & Training Outreach Non for Profit was founded in 2018 with a mission to provide high demand skills and training that will enhance the youth’s opportunities to gain employment and transition into new job opportunities. Cachet and her staffs focus is to educate, motivate, coach, mentor, and provide knowledge and skills that will prepare young adults for the working environment. She works with students ages 16-24 on enrichment and professional skills,
It’s important to Cachet to impart the knowledge to her students that anyone can achieve, no matter the background if they work hard and stay focused. Opportunities often present themselves, but you must not be discouraged along the way. Coming from poverty does not mean you have to stay in poverty….Elevate & Training Outreach Non for Profit is a prime example of that.
