TRANS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC

TRANS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC IN 2023, TEP EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH ACROSS ALL ITS PROGRAMS, EXPANDING ITS REACH AND IMPACT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE TRANSITIONS DIRECT AID PROGRAM SAW A NEARLY THREEFOLD INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS, RISING FROM 227 IN 2022 TO 676 THIS YEAR. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED ESSENTIAL RESOURCES SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, GENDER-AFFIRMING UNDERGARMENTS, AND HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT), WITH FOOD REMAINING THE MOST REQUESTED RESOURCE. OVER 60% OF AID RECIPIENTS WERE UNEMPLOYED, AND 21% FACED HOUSING INSECURITY. IN TOTAL, TEP ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $20,000 TOWARD DIRECT AID.THE TRANS EMPLOYMENT PROJECT CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS TO CONNECT 2TIGE JOB SEEKERS WITH AFFIRMING AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROJECT'S JOB-SEARCH GROUP ON FACEBOOK GREW TO NEARLY 1,500 MEMBERS, AND MORE THAN 200 TRANS-AFFIRMING JOB LISTINGS WERE POSTED. ADDITIONALLY, TEP HOSTED NINE DROP-IN SESSIONS TAILORED FOR 2TIGE-BIPOC INDIVIDUALS AND DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES FOR RESUME BU