Suited For Success / Dress For Success Miami

The mission of Suited for Success is to ensure that at-risk men, women and youth in Miami-Dade have the skills necessary to obtain gainful employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Since 1994, Suited For Success and its Dress for Success Miami women's program has helped over 60,000 clients turn their dreams into reality. Founded in 1994, Suited for Success (SFS) was started as a nonprofit to help welfare recipients enter the workforce by providing them with appropriate clothing for interviews and jobs. Experience quickly showed that business clothing is essential, but not sufficient to get and keep jobs. SFS then created tailored workshops on readiness for job interviews, professional image, communication skills, and business etiquette. By enhancing clients’ confidence with real-world skills, SFS increases the value of each donated suit more than a hundredfold. Over the years, SFS added programs for youth (1998) and men (1999). In 2005, the women’s program of SFS became the 86th affiliate of Dress for Success, and is now known as Dress for Success Miami. By working hand in hand with over 125 local agencies that refer clients, SFS serves over 1,200 individuals annually.