When You Need A Job Right Away: Homeboy Industries: “Jobs Not Jails” Hires at-risk youth and former gang

members in the Los Angeles area

Businesses Include:

Homeboy Maintenance

Homegirl Café

Homeboy Silk-screening

Homeboy Merchandising

Homeboy Bakery

When you want a probation program that can help you get a G.E.D. and help develop a life plan:

Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement Amends Program

Tracks youth's educational plan (strive for high school diploma)

Refers to a vocational/post-secondary education program Links youth to community activities

If you are interested in a career in health care:

Stand & Deliver Program Enrollees will be: Exposed to healthcare

occupations Assigned a mentor who works in

healthcare Given technical assistance

toward developing a professional portfolio

If you have already earned your G.E.D. or high school diploma, and need a plan for college:

Students For Higher Education (SFHE) Provides education, training, mentoring/case

management, leadership development, work-study, supportive services, and intensive transition support

Graduates eligible to enroll to Los Angeles Trade Tech College

When You Want A Long-Term Plan, Without Having to Worry About Money:

U.S. Military: The College Loan Repayment Program

Some Military Jobs :

Air Traffic Technician

Pilot

Pharmacy Specialist

Master Fitness Trainer

Chaplain Assistant

Job Salary

Subway and Streetcar Operators

50,500

Manufacturing Sales Representatives

50,800

Gas Plant Operator $54,600

Flight Attendants $61,000

Elevator Installer/Repairer $68,800

Subway and Streetcar Operators

50,500

Job Average Salary 2007

Funeral Director $50,400

Electronic Engineering Technician

$52,100

Registered Nurse $60,000

Dental Hygienist $64,700

Radiation Therapist $70,000

Jobs Salaries

Organizational Psychologist $80,800

Computer Hardware Engineers $91,900

Marketing Managers $104,400

Pediatrician $140,700

Airline Pilot 145,600

Average Salary of Streetcar Operator: $50,500 After 30 years: One and a half million dollars If put 1/3 of salary toward a 30-year mortgage:

Half a million dollar home, including interest

Many of these kids have grown to believe that they can’t succeed

Providing them with a realistic vision of a financially successful future can inspire confidence and hope