Tired of just getting by? Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World is an incredible 18-session program that encourages participants to build resources and create a plan for getting out of poverty and “Getting Ahead.”
Looking to get ahead? Through activities and group discussions, Getting Ahead investigates:
- Causes of poverty
- Hidden rules we all need to know
- Resources to improve life situations
- Strategies for writing our own future story
Consider taking this step-by-step journey toward your future story. Register HERE
Getting Ahead, a program of the Kenosha St. Vincent de Paul, will help you to:
- Identify and solve problems in a safe group environment
- Do a self-assessment of your resources and get support as you build more
- Develop a plan, a future story
What happens in Getting Ahead?
- Groups of 8-10 meet with a facilitator for 18 sessions that are 3 hours each
- There is no lecturing, no teaching
- Participants, referred to as investigators, are paid for their work
Investigators in Getting Ahead are expected to:
- Commit to and fully participate in all 18 sessions
- Help create and live by group rules
- Be accountable to the group by completing all assignments
Supplies/Support provided for Investigators in Getting Ahead:
- Workbook and meeting materials
- Meals at each session
- Gift card incentives ($25 each session) or the option to start a bank savings account
Discussion topics include:
- My Life Now
- Theory of Change
- The Rich/Poor Gap and Research on Causes of Poverty
- Hidden Rules of Economic Class
- The Importance of Language
- Eleven Resources
- Self-Assessment of Resources
- Community Assessment
- Building Resources
- Personal and Community Plans
2026 Schedule:
Sundays and Tuesdays – 3:30pm-6:30pm CT
January – 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
February – 1, 3, 8, 10. 17, 22, 24
March – 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24
About Getting Ahead
The program is based on the “Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World” workbook by Philip Devol. Getting Ahead is an internationally recognized anti-poverty program that more than 100,000 adults have participated in. Getting Ahead not only supports participants in working towards their “future story,” but explores how all economic classes must work together to make the community a place where everyone can live well.
About St. Vincent dePaul Kenosha
Inspired by gospel values, we, Kenosha St. Vincent de Paul, must further ensure a more dignified life for all, create opportunity, and increase awareness, to insure more financial stability for all individuals, and the community at large. We must continue to further the belief that each of us is a child or gift of God and therefore, treated with love and kindness and respect.
