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Career Path Services Breaking the spirit of poverty through the dignity of work.

Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we recognize and honor the Native communities whose history, cultures, and contributi...
10/12/2026

Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we recognize and honor the Native communities whose history, cultures, and contributions are deeply rooted in the places we call home.

At Career Path Services, we’ve made a commitment to begin our meetings, large and small, with a land acknowledgment. It’s a simple practice that gives us a moment to reflect on the history of the land where we live and work, the people who have cared for it for generations, and our responsibility to keep learning.

It’s one small way we try to keep respect, awareness, and inclusion part of our everyday conversations.

Today, we’re especially grateful for the Indigenous communities, colleagues, and partners who continue to shape and strengthen the communities we serve.

Washington is home to 29 federally recognized Tribal Nations, each with its own history, culture, and identity. We invite you to take a moment today to learn about the Indigenous peoples whose ancestral lands you live and work on. Learn their names, explore their histories, and get to know the Native communities that are still very much part of our communities today.

Explore it here: https://ow.ly/1OY350ZWWXv

A little curiosity and a willingness to learn can go a long way.

And if you'd like to learn more about Career Path Services, the communities we serve, and our commitment to dignity, respect, and opportunity for all, we invite you to visit https://ow.ly/gClp50ZWWXt

We’re excited to welcome Tiffany Mackie to the Career Path Services Board of Directors!Tiffany brings more than 20 years...
09/30/2026

We’re excited to welcome Tiffany Mackie to the Career Path Services Board of Directors!
Tiffany brings more than 20 years of experience as a strategic program and transformation leader across technology, health and wellness, consumer products, and retail. Throughout her career, she has helped organizations turn complex business challenges into actionable strategies and build programs designed to scale.

Her leadership experience spans business transformation, operational excellence, customer experience, commercialization, governance, and growth — bringing a valuable perspective to our board and the work ahead.

Tiffany also brings a deep commitment to community. She calls Spokane home, where she lives with her husband and family, and is especially passionate about expanding access, opportunity, and meaningful experiences for young people and families.

When she’s not working or giving back, you might find her exploring the Pacific Northwest, paddleboarding, gardening, or spending time at a local farmers market.

We’re grateful to have Tiffany’s experience, perspective, and heart joining Career Path Services. Please help us give her a warm welcome!

Looking for a job or training opportunity in Benton or Franklin County? Career Path Services offers free employment supp...
09/24/2026

Looking for a job or training opportunity in Benton or Franklin County? Career Path Services offers free employment support for immigrants and refugees, including work-readiness training, resume and interview help, assistance enrolling in training, and support services. Contact Tatiana at 509-867-4507 (call or text) or [email protected] to learn more and get started.

Some of the strongest partnerships grow because people stay curious.Kaiser Permanente Washington has supported Career Pa...
09/23/2026

Some of the strongest partnerships grow because people stay curious.

Kaiser Permanente Washington has supported Career Path Services and this work for several years. This summer, their team took that partnership a step further. They came into one of our classrooms, met participants, asked questions, and spent time seeing the work firsthand.

And now, they’re deepening their investment.

Kaiser Permanente Washington has awarded Career Path Services a $20,000 Community Health grant to provide individualized support for participants, helping with things like digital access, additional certifications, transportation, job-readiness preparation, and the wardrobe someone may need to confidently walk into an interview or their first day of work.

And there’s a pretty incredible full-circle piece to this story.

One of the graduates from the very cohort the Kaiser Permanente Washington team visited just started a new job with KPWA.

This is what can happen when you invest in Career Path Services.

You’re investing in more than a program. You’re helping remove the barriers between someone and their next opportunity. And sometimes, that opportunity brings the story right back to where it started.

We’re incredibly grateful to Kaiser Permanente Washington for continuing to show up, stay curious, and invest more deeply in the people we serve. And congratulations to our graduate on an exciting new chapter.

Learn more about the work happening across Career Path Services, and follow along as we share what investments like this make possible https://www.careerpathservices.org/our-impact/

Earlier this month, we gathered alongside our incredible partners and colleagues for the 2026 System Conference—Welcome ...
09/18/2026

Earlier this month, we gathered alongside our incredible partners and colleagues for the 2026 System Conference—Welcome to the Summit! This full day of professional development kicked off September as Workforce Development Professionals Month, bringing together some of the most passionate workforce teams right here in Spokane.

From hearing inspiring insights on sustainable self-care and resilience with keynote speaker Jensie Rosenow to diving into engaging breakout sessions, looking ahead at the future of our industry, and sprinkling in a little fun and games along the way, it was a true meeting of the minds.

We are especially proud to celebrate our very own Tony Parks from our Spokane team, who received the most nominations from agencies, partners, and staff for the prestigious 2026 North Star Award!

The North Star Award honors the person who guides WorkSource Spokane by example—someone you look to when you need direction. It recognizes an individual who remains steady when change is constant, serves without being asked, and lifts up everyone around them. Rooted in the mission of helping job seekers and built on trust, Tony's leadership is felt across the whole campus, whether or not anyone is seeking credit.

A solver, a caretaker, a doer, a get-it-doner—Tony embodies every bit of what makes this recognition special. Thank you, Tony, for your dedication and steady leadership, and thank you to all of our colleagues at Career Path Services for standing alongside us on this journey. Workforce Nerds Unite! 🌟

Learn more about Career Path Services and our mission-driven work here: https://www.careerpathservices.org/about-us/

11 Workforce Development Heroes. And every single one gives us a reason to celebrate. 💙September is Workforce Developmen...
09/16/2026

11 Workforce Development Heroes. And every single one gives us a reason to celebrate. 💙

September is Workforce Development Month, and this year we have something pretty special to share.

The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals has named 11 team members as 2026 Workforce Development Heroes, joining workforce professionals from across the country who were nominated by their peers for the difference they make every day.

Please help us celebrate:

🌟 Alex Goolie, Program Manager | Spokane
🌟 Crystal Bright, WorkSource System Coordinator | Kennewick
🌟 Heather Woodruff, Programs Operator | Kennewick
🌟 Jen Morris, One-Stop Operator | Spokane
🌟 Kate Martin, Programs Operator | Spokane
🌟 Kelli Eller, Vice President of Human Services | Spokane
🌟 Leslie Wells, Program and Compliance Specialist Lead | Auburn
🌟 Mariia Yanchak, LEP Employment Navigator | Spokane
🌟 Mary Hubler, Employment Specialist | Spokane
🌟 Pharin Kong, Employment Practitioner | Seattle
🌟 Sondra Barrington, Programs Administrator | Spokane

What we love most about this list is how different their work looks.

Their nominations tell stories of helping refugee and immigrant families find meaningful employment, connecting young people to career pathways, strengthening partnerships between organizations, supporting coworkers through complicated systems, improving the experience of job seekers and employers, and leading teams with trust and always with heart.

Different roles. Different communities. Different ways of spending their lives serving others.

But all of it is workforce development.

And all of it is The Work We Do.

Congratulations, Alex, Crystal, Heather, Jen, Kate, Kelli, Leslie, Mariia, Mary, Pharin and Sondra. We are incredibly proud that the work you do every day is being recognized nationally, and even more grateful that you choose to do that work here.

Happy Workforce Development Month! 💙

Today was hard.🎈Over a short period of time, our Dignified Workday community lost three people. Three people we knew. Th...
09/10/2026

Today was hard.🎈

Over a short period of time, our Dignified Workday community lost three people. Three people we knew. Three people we cared about. Three people who should still be here.

Today, we came together to remember them.

They were completely different from one another. They had different stories, different personalities, different struggles, different hopes. But somehow, their lives crossed paths here. And because they did, they became part of ours too.

We knew their voices. Their humor. Their hard days and their good ones. We watched them show up. We watched them grow. We laughed with them. We worried about them. We rooted for them.

And now there are three empty spaces where people used to be. There really aren’t words for that.

So today, we released balloons. We said their names.
🩵Niko Fobes
💚Kenneth Johnson
💜Leah Castillo

We shared memories. We stood together and tried to make room for a kind of grief that doesn’t have an easy place to go.

This isn’t a story about Dignified Workday. It’s about three human beings whose lives mattered.
They mattered to their families. They mattered to their friends. They mattered to this community. And they mattered to us.

We are grateful we got to know them. We just wish we’d had more time.

09/10/2026

What if meaningful change starts by noticing what’s already there?

In our newest episode of Dignity at Work, Cami sits down with author and community weaver Kathy Coffey Solberg for a conversation about what it really takes to navigate change when people, teams, and organizations are already stretched.

They talk about unweaving what no longer serves us, why tension can be an important part of transformation, the difference between belonging and truly mattering, and how small changes can begin to rebuild trust.

And underneath it all is one deceptively simple question:
What is needed now?

🎧Listen to the conversation and learn more about Kathy’s upcoming book, Reweaving What Matters: Practical Tools for Workplace Transformation.
Episode 188: The Work of Change: Tension, Trust & What Matters: https://www.careerpathservices.org/about-us/ .custom-html.797

A little bit of a pinch-me moment for   and  Last week, our small but mighty team traveled to Washington, D.C. for GitLa...
09/09/2026

A little bit of a pinch-me moment for and

Last week, our small but mighty team traveled to Washington, D.C. for GitLab Foundation’s Demo Day, where we had the opportunity to introduce TRUEPath Navigator and share a little of what Career Path Services has learned from more than 50 years of helping people navigate what comes next.

And wow. What a room to be invited into.

We stood alongside organizations doing remarkable work across the country and around the world, all exploring how AI can be used thoughtfully to expand opportunity and solve very human problems.

For us, TRUEPath Navigator starts with a simple belief: technology should never replace human connection. It should help more people find their way to it.

That’s what we’re building. AI-powered career navigation grounded in the experience, dignity and humanity that have always been at the heart of Career Path Services.

We are incredibly grateful to and the partners behind the AI for Economic Opportunity Fund for believing in this idea, investing in our team, and bringing us into a room we won’t soon forget.

And to our fellow cohort organizations, thank you. We left D.C. inspired by what you’re building, who you’re building it for, and what might be possible when people who care deeply about economic opportunity get together and dream a little bigger.

We’re home now, still pinching ourselves a bit. And very ready for what comes next.

. Navigate What’s Next.

09/04/2026

Help shape what comes next.

Career Path Services is growing our Board of Directors and looking for people who want to use their experience, perspective, and connections to make a meaningful difference.

We’re especially interested in leaders with experience in communications, marketing, fund development, philanthropy, finance, business, technology, community engagement, and strategic growth.

We’re currently seeking connections in Spokane and Vancouver, with opportunities for people across the Washington communities we serve.

Bring what you know. Help us grow what’s possible.

Interested, or know someone we should meet?

Learn more:
https://ow.ly/cZgn50ZIqJb

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701 W 2nd Avenue
Spokane, WA
99201

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 7:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+15093267520

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