Project Grant 23A60CP000020

RECIPIENT NAME LA COLABORATIVAPROJECT TITLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE THE GOOD JOBS COALITIONFUNDING REQUEST 300,000CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR CONGRESSWOMAN, AYANNA PRESSLEYREQUESTED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 24 MONTHSPROJECT LOCATION CHELSEA, MAPROJECT PURPOSE AND GOALS THE FOCUS IS RAPID RE EMPLOYMENT THATTARGETS CHELSEA S LOW INCOME, LATINX, ANDIMMIGRANT WORKERS WHOSE EMPLOYMENTSTATUS RECOVERY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BYCOVID 19. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE JOBSEEKERS OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD SKILLS THATMAKE THEM COMPETITIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURYJOB LANDSCAPE AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPSWITH EMPLOYERS TO BUILD BETTER PIPELINES FOREMPLOYMENT. ALL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED INPERSONTHOROUGH ONE ON ONE MEETINGS ANDCLASSES HELD AT OUR OFFICE.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED JOB READINESS TRAINING LACOLABORATIVAJOB READINESS TRAINING WILL COVER BASIC SOFTSKILLS NEEDED TO PREPARE JOBSEEKERS FORSUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS,INCLUDING A RESUME CLINIC, MOCK INTERVIEWS,JOB RESEARCH TRAINING, AND HOW TO APPLY. JOBREADINESS SKILLS WILL FOCUS ON BUILDINGTEAMWORK, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION,PROBLEM SOLVING, WORK ETHIC,FLEXIBILITY ADAPTABILITY, AND INTERPERSONALSKILLS. ESOL, BASIC LITERACY AND COMPUTERCLASSES ARE ALSO OFFERED. ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH STAFF ARESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY FRIDAY,10 00 AM 4 00 PM. OUR ENGLISHCLASSES ARE FREE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT,AND FOCUSED ON ENGLISH LANGUAGESKILLS FOR THE WORKPLACE ANDECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT. INPARTNERSHIP WITH TECH GOES HOME,LA COLABORATIVA OFFERS COMPUTERCLASSES FOR MEMBERS TO BUILDTECHNOLOGY SKILLS NEEDED TOSUCCESSFULLY RESEARCH, APPLY FOR, ANDPERFORM MANY JOBS IN TODAY SMARKET. CLASSES MEET FOR 14 HOURSOVER A 2 WEEK PERIOD AND UPONSUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, STUDENTSRECEIVE A GOOGLE CHROMEBOOK.ESOL CLASSES ARE OFFERED IN A 10 WEEK PERIOD FOR 90 MINUTES (ABOUT 1AND A HALF HOURS) FIVE TIMES PERWEEK. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HELP ISOFFERED INFORMALLY THOUGH OURCAFECITO PROGRAM WHERE INDIVIDUALSCAN PRACTICE CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISHIN A CASUAL SETTING.JOB DEVELOPERS THE NEIGHBORHOODDEVELOPERS (TND)BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS WHOARE HIRING. THROUGH IN PERSON CALLS FIELDEDTHROUGH THEIR HOTLINE, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVEPERSONALIZED SUPPORT AND REFERRALS TOTRAINING AND JOB OPENINGS BASED ON THEIRNEEDS AND PREFERENCES. THE JOB DEVELOPER IDENTIFIES SKILLSAND OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS ANDOPPORTUNITIES FOR ON THE JOB TRAININGAND WORKS WITH THE CAREER COACHESTO MATCH JOB SEEKERS TO JOBOPENINGS.JOB COACHING LA COLABORATIVASUPPORT MEMBERS TO SEARCH FOR GOOD FIT JOBOPPORTUNITIES, SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, AND PREPAREFOR JOB INTERVIEWS. ONE ON ONE MEETINGS AND GROUPWORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON SUBMITTINGSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS AND BUILDINTERVIEW SKILLS PRACTICING ENGLISHLANGUAGE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCECONCERNING THE JOB SEARCH PROCESS.JOB PLACEMENT LA COLABORATIVASTAFF SUPPORTS MEMBERS TO SEARCH FOR GOODFIT JOB OPPORTUNITIES, SUBMIT APPLICATIONS,AND PREPARE FOR JOB INTERVIEWS. LA COLABORATIVA MAINTAINS A LIST OFLOCAL EMPLOYERS WHO ARE HIRING,INCLUDING MANY THAT STRUGGLE TO FINDWORK READY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIRINDUSTRY. STAFF PROVIDE FOLLOW UPAND TRACK DATA ON JOB PLACEMENTOUTCOMES FOR 24 MONTHS AFTERMEMBERS EXIT OUR PROGRAM.EXPECTED OUTCOMES PRIORITIES FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTPIPELINE ARE PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT FORCOMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WECONTINUE TO SEEK A JUST RECOVERYFROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THEPANDEMIC OFFER TRAINING, MENTORING ANDSUPPORT THAT WILL INCREASE OURCOMMUNITY S ABILITY TO SECURE ANDKEEP A GOOD JOB OPENING THE NEW CHELSEA SURVIVALCENTER (JANUARY, 2023) WILL ALLOWFOR MORE SPACE AND RESOURCES TOSUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IDEAS TOGET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK QUICKLYOUTCOMES FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTPIPELINE TRAININGTARGET 300 SERVEDOUTCOME 85 OF PARTICIPANTS INCREASESKILLS RELATED TO JOB AND JOB READINESSTARGET 250 MEMBERS ATTEND COMPUTER SKILLS101 OUTCOME 70 OF MEMBERS INCREASE THEIRTECHNOLOGY SKILLSTARGET 300 MEMBERS PAR