Taller San Jose is an innovative program that walks Orange County's young people out of poverty. The program provides undereducated and unskilled young adults who have gotten off track in life with the education, job training and rehabilitation necessary to find employment at a living wage. Since 1995, Taller San Jose has helped more than 4,000 young adults to restructure their lives, develop marketable job skills and begin their careers.

In Spanish, a "taller" is a workshop, a place to build and repair things. "San Jose" is Spanish for St. Joseph, the patron of workers. At Taller San Jose, troubled young people work to both turn their lives around and develop job skills for a brighter future.

For more information about Taller San Jose, visit www.tallersanjose.org.