ABOUT US

H.O.P.E. Project Training Academy is a licensed career school specializing in workforce education and placement services to governments, government contractors, nonprofit and for-profit businesses, neighborhood groups, and other community-based organizations.  DC RESIDENTS CAN ATTEND OUR CLASSES AT NO COST THOUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER (AJC), DC INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY and DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OFFICE OF YOUTH PROGRAMS.

Our company provides services to persons who are unemployed, underemployed, or in need of retraining using more than 40 years of experience of the H.O.P.E. Project and Toni Thomas Associates-Community Empowerment Training Academy (CETA).

H.O.P.E. Project Training Academy President Raymond E. Bell founded the H.O.P.E. Project IT training program in 2009 in Southeast Washington, DC. Bell and Ms. Toni Thomas, who has been highly-regarded for decades thanks to her well-crafted training programs, have collaborated on several projects over the years.  In late 2019, Thomas decided that Bell was the right person at the right time to trust with her commitment to community empowerment through workforce education and sold him the company. Ms. Thomas is still engaged as a consultant.

• To provide employment training, workplace education and placement services to increase the self-sufficiency and economic independence of persons who are unemployed, underemployed or in need of retraining;

• To give hope to individuals, especially young adults, who come from communities plagued by high rates of unemployment, violence, and health problems, and struggle to make a living with low levels of education;

• To work with public and private partners in the design and implementation of programs focused on employment training, educational remediation, and professional development;

• To conduct public workshops, forums, and other sessions in partnership with professional and community-based organizations in order to educate and create employment opportunities;

• To increase levels of employment, education, safety, and self-confidence for residents of the nation’s most vulnerable communities.