Workforce Development

For more than 25 years, Dallas Leadership Foundation has walked alongside Dallas families, neighborhoods, and partners to build the economic conditions communities deserve. That means more than stability — it means expanding access to living-wage careers, affordable housing, and financial resources so that a full-time job is enough to cover rent, put food on the table, and still have something left over.

Together, we work to ensure no one who shows up every day has to choose between keeping the lights on and keeping the family fed.

• Job readiness Certificate
• OSHA 30
• NCCER Construction Level 1
• NCCER Electrical Level 1
• TDLR Apprentice Electrician License

• DOT HazMat Certification
• General Awareness Certification
• Safety Certification

Eligibility Requirements

• Background-friendly (TDCJ Certificate of Release issued within the last 3 years required)
• Ages 18 and up
• Dallas or Dallas County resident
• Valid Texas Real ID-compliant Photo ID or Driver's License, plus Social Security Card or Passport
• No Bachelor's degree
• Available Monday–Friday, 7:45 AM–4:00 PM
• No NCCER training within the past 12 months
• Physically able to perform construction work
• Stable housing throughout the training program

DLF's Workforce Development program meets people where they are — partnering with returning citizens, young adults, and residents in under-resourced communities who are ready to build careers that pay a living wage. Participants develop the professional skills that today's employers demand: communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, time management, and cross-cultural collaboration.

Through partnerships with employers in IT, warehouse logistics, insurance, HVAC, construction, and more, program graduates move directly into job training and career pathways — equipped and ready to compete.

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