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Strengthening Youth Partnerships and Federal Strategic Youth Vision. www.workforceflorida.com. Strengthening Youth Partnerships. Initiated by the First Jobs/First Wages Council of Workforce Florida, Inc. in Summer of 2003. Purpose. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strengthening Youth Partnerships and Federal
Strategic Youth Vision
www.workforceflorida.com
Strengthening Youth Partnerships
Initiated by the First Jobs/First Wages Council of Workforce Florida, Inc. in Summer of 2003
Purpose
To enhance communication, coordination and planning among key organizations that play a role in developing Florida’s youth, particularly in the area of workforce skill attainment.
Overall Goal of Partners“Do everything possible to ensure every young person in Florida is ready and able to pursue a meaningful job path.”
Aligned with Federal New Youth Vision
Focus on Alternative Education Meeting Demands of Business,
Especially in High-Growth Industries and Occupations
Focus on Neediest Youth Focus on Improved Performance
Why Target Youth with Multiple Risk Behaviors?
Focus: Every Young Person
“Supply Pipeline” – We can’t afford to leave the most vulnerable behind.
The Demographic Shift
For decades U.S. economy has steadily improved due to increase in
workforce quantity and quality. Baby Boomers Women’s participation in workforce College-educated adults increased
Over the next decade, all the forces that drove labor force growth collapse or reverse.
Source: The World is Flat, Freidman
Florida’s Demographic Trends Florida is one of the fastest growing states
in nation Florida is leading in the rate of employment
growth Unemployment rate below the national
average and setting in-state records – Under 3%
High ratio of English as the second language
Aging workforce
Workforce Development Strategies
Quantity Issue – Grow them, attract them, retrain them, retain them
Quality Issue – Occupational skills training in high/skill/demand occupations, increase HS graduation & post secondary training rates, improve work readiness skills, & “reframe” technical education.
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS2004-07: 100% of WIA youth state level funds
supportingFederal Strategic Youth Vision
• CHOICES Career Academies Replication• Project Connect• DOVE Girls’ Residential Facility• Foster Youth Transition• BEST (Business Employment Solutions
& Training)
Community High:
Okaloosa Institutes for Career Education
Rigor, Relevance and Rigor, Relevance and RelationshipsRelationships
Natural Partnership
Workforce Development Board
of Okaloosa and Walton Counties
Okaloosa CountySchool Board
CHOICE program
ENROLLMENT BY ACADEMY
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007Digital Media 62 88 143
Cisco Networking
42 44 40
Oracle 10 17 13
PC Support 48 24 24
Programming 44 48 77
Web Design 192 198 230
*Intro Class 236 189 134
1=$10,606 5=$37,355
21=$122,241 1=$5,716
108=$628,668 74=$444,000
21=$126,000 3 @ $15,174
CCNA
MCDST
PHOTOSHOP
TOTAL VALUE = $1,389,760*Certmag, May 2006
Over 500 NCCER Industry Certifications Earned – Worth $7 million
335 OSHA 10-Hour Certifications Earned – Worth $67,000
132 Bright Futures Gold Seal Scholarships Earned – Worth $3,168,000
40 ICF-EcoBlock Certifications – Worth $8,000
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
CERTIFICATION VALUES
Escambia Santa Rosa
Okaloosa Walton Holmes Jackson
Washington
BayCalhoun
Gadsden Leon Jefferson
MadisonHamilton
TaylorWakullaLiberty
Franklin
GulfLafayette
Suwannee Columbia
AlachuaDixie
UnionBradford
Gilchrist
Baker
Nassau
Duval
ClaySt. Johns
Putnam
Flagler
MarionLevy
Citrus
Pasco
Volusia
HernandoSumter
Lake
Hillsborough
Manatee
Pinellas
Polk
Seminole
Orange Brevard
Osceola
Highlands
Sarasota
Hardee
DeSoto
Okeechobee
Charlotte
Lee
Glades
Hendry
Collier
Indian River
St. Lucie
Martin
Palm Beach
Broward
Monroe
Dade
Choice Career Institute Sites
‘PROJECT CONNECT’Purpose
Connect Florida agencies and organizations to help juvenile offenders become connected to their future
Challenge – reintroduction of former felons into workplace
OUTCOMES: “Connected Youth”
A high school diploma or GED; postsecondary degree or industry-
recognized certification; Employed in a job with career
advancement possibilities; Not engaged in risk-taking behaviors; and Social and family supports.
Outcomes 292 DJJ youth served (primarily
residential) 110 basic skills training, 189 in teen
pregnancy prevention, 127 in leadership training, 101 in occupation skills training, 81 placed in unsubsidized employment
To-date recidivism rate is 26% compared with 40% statewide average
It Helps to Have Partners!!
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