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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I strongly encourage community based asset folks to look into workforce
investment projects in their communities!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I sit on the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment
Board Youth Council committee. Our board is responsible to oversee
funding that is available for youth programming under the Workforce Investment
Act (WIA), which is a federal program available in every state. These
programs are a wonderful resource that are designed specifically for the
at-risk, low-income population. We are going through our RFP process
right now and included in our RFP are the Search Institute’s 40 Assets,
as well as the workforce study “Are They Really Ready to Work?
Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New
Entrants to the 21<sup>st</sup> Century U.S. Workforce”.
Proposers are instructed to design programs that address both of these sources.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>WIA programs are designed to serve in-school and out-of-school
youth ages 14-21. Under the Workforce Investment Act, students must have
access to ten elements that include: tutoring, alternative education,
summer employment, work experience, occupational skills training, leadership
development, mentoring, comprehensive guidance, follow-up services, and
supportive services. WIA common measure include: 1.) Placement
in Employment or Education, 2.) Attainment of a Degree or Certificate, 3.)
Literacy and Numeracy Gains. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Although WIA is designed specifically for work-readiness and 21<sup>st</sup>
century skills, there certainly is potential for broader youth
development. I submitted a proposal in response to the RFP on behalf of
my employer (Remington College- Cleveland West campus), called the Young
Polished Professionals (YPP). If awarded a contract, the YPP program will
serve 725 eleventh and twelfth grade students in an inner-city Cleveland high
school, with 95% of the student population coming from economically
disadvantaged homes. The YPP program is a comprehensive program that
includes life-skills, work-place skills, career development and exploration, service
learning, and leadership development. Realizing that most of our students
come from families that are not participating in the workforce, Remington College
will step up to the challenge by not only impacting students, but enhancing the
economic sustainability of the entire family by offering GED services (at no
cost) and access to post-secondary. education. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";
color:#1F497D'>Beth Dawson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Director of Workforce Development <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Remington College, Cleveland & Cleveland West <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>(440)777-2560- Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>(440)777-3238- Fax</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"French Script MT";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>(440)522-6390- Mobile <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";
color:#1F497D'>"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made
just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll
have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." -Vince Lombardi <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mel Tremper
[mailto:mtremper@jbsinternational.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Healthy Communities Healthy Youth<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Healthy Communities Healthy Youth<br>
<b>Subject:</b> HCHY List: workforce investment area grants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
came across this as part of a workforce investment area request for
proposals. The focus of this federal program is most definitely job
readiness and employment improvement, but at least in some cases there is
potential for broader youth development. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
am not sure how representative this state’s approach is of the approach
other states take to this sort of project, but it might be worthwhile for
community based asset folks to look into workforce investment projects in their
communities. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposal
designs should reflect recognized youth development principles that</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>emphasize
the cognitive, social, and behavioral competencies that help youth</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>succeed
as adults. Effective proposers adopt an asset-based approach in</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>which
services are personalized and focus on developing the individual</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>strengths
and interests of each youth. In keeping with these principles,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>proposers
must also promote positive relationships among adult staff and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>youth
participants, and provide the support and follow-up services needed to</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>address the
range of individual challenges participants confront.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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