Rubicon Programs
Lubna Hanif, CSP, has an extensive background in career coaching and workforce development. Currently serving as the WIOA Career Coach Team Supervisor at Rubicon Programs since August 2018, Lubna previously worked as a Career Coach at the same organization. Prior to that, Lubna held the position of Sector Access Specialist at North Cities One-Stop Career Centers from September 2016 to July 2018, where responsibilities included overseeing the service delivery of employment and training programs to job seekers and businesses in Oakland and Alameda County. Lubna's earlier experience includes roles as Office Administrator at Nightingale Healthcare Professionals and Work Experience Trainee at San Pablo America’s Job Center of California. Lubna earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities from PECHS College Karachi between 1992 and 1996.
Rubicon Programs
Rubicon’s mission is to transform East Bay communities by equipping people to break the cycle of poverty. HOW WE WORK We equip and empower our participants to develop the economic mobility to move out of poverty. No one service can address the many challenges people living in poverty face — success comes from participation and achievement in four areas: Assets, Income, Wellness, and Connections. OUR IMPACT How will we know when we have successfully broken poverty? First, we need to ask the right questions. For decades, organizations have relied on metrics that do not truly measure economic mobility. Helping a person obtain a job – even if they keep that job for years – does not guarantee that they will no longer be living in poverty. Poverty is more than a lack of money. Poverty negatively impacts health and relationships, and it is reinforced by systems of oppression that keep people and communities isolated and disenfranchised. We work with participants for up to three years. We believe that meeting the following goals will reflect meaningful progress towards achieving mobility: 1. a job that pays wages at self-sufficiency level (for example, $28,000 annually in Alameda County for a single adult) 2. savings equal to one-month’s budgeted expenses 3. ongoing healthcare coverage and a yearly physical exam 4. improved social connections through participation in community, civic or faith-based activities OUR HISTORY A nationally recognized nonprofit, Rubicon was founded in 1973. The name “Rubicon” refers to a decision from which there is no turning back – the beginning of the journey to change. Rubicon is one of just five organizations nationwide to be awarded a special federal grant to make sure parents coming out of the criminal justice system can provide financial and emotional support for their children and stay on the right side of the law.