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Strengthening Youth Partnerships and Federal Strategic Youth Vision

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.

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Strengthening Youth Partnerships and Federal Strategic Youth Vision

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  1. Strengthening Youth Partnerships and Federal Strategic Youth Vision www.workforceflorida.com

  2. Strengthening Youth Partnerships Initiated by the First Jobs/First Wages Council of Workforce Florida, Inc. in Summer of 2003

  3. 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.

  4. Overall Goal of Partners “Do everything possible to ensure every young person in Florida is ready and able to pursue a meaningful job path.”

  5. 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

  6. Why Target Youth with Multiple Risk Behaviors?

  7. Focus: Every Young Person “Supply Pipeline” – We can’t afford to leave the most vulnerable behind.

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 2004-07: 100% of WIA youth state level funds supporting Federal Strategic Youth Vision • CHOICES Career Academies Replication • Project Connect • DOVE Girls’ Residential Facility • Foster Youth Transition • BEST (Business Employment Solutions & Training)

  12. CommunityHigh: Okaloosa InstitutesforCareerEducation Rigor, Relevance and Relationships

  13. Natural Partnership Workforce Development Board of Okaloosa and Walton Counties Okaloosa County School Board CHOICE program

  14. ENROLLMENT BY ACADEMY

  15. Certification Values TOTAL VALUE = $1,389,760 *Certmag, May 2006 CCNA PHOTOSHOP MCDST

  16. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTECERTIFICATION VALUES • 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

  17. Choice Career Institute Sites Escambia Holmes Walton Jackson Okaloosa Santa Rosa Nassau Washington Gadsden Leon Jefferson Hamilton Calhoun Baker Duval Madison Bay Suwannee Columbia Taylor Wakulla Liberty Gulf Clay St. Johns Lafayette Union Franklin Bradford Alachua Putnam Dixie Gilchrist Flagler Marion Levy Volusia Citrus Lake Seminole Sumter Hernando Brevard Orange Pasco Osceola Polk Hillsborough Pinellas Indian River Hardee Highlands Manatee Okeechobee St. Lucie DeSoto Martin Sarasota Charlotte Glades Hendry Lee Palm Beach Collier Broward Dade Monroe

  18. ‘PROJECT CONNECT’ Purpose • Connect Florida agencies and organizations to help juvenile offenders become connected to their future • Challenge – reintroduction of former felons into workplace

  19. 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.

  20. 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

  21. It Helps to Have Partners!!

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