Overview: uprose is brooklyn s oldest latino community-based organization that for decades has worked to promote sustainability, resilience, and is now working towards just transition, a move away…

Overview: uprose is brooklyn s oldest latino community-based organization that for decades has worked to promote sustainability, resilience, and is now working towards just transition, a move away from the extractive fossil fuel-based economy and towards local, equitable regenerative economies that center marginalized communities and prioritize climate solutions that put frontline communities in positions of leadership. In sunset park, just transition calls for green industrialization of our waterfront to provide good-paying climate jobs in the emerging clean energy economy. To take advantage of this long term green industrialization, sunset park residents who have been marginalized from labor markets or stuck in low wage service jobs will require systematic, and, in some cases, long term support. This is the rationale and purpose for the development of the just transition worker resource initiative (jtwri) in sunset park. Through the proposed one-year project, supported by funding from DOL, uprose will plan and prepare for the launch of the jtwri in 2024. Uprose has two goals, first to complete a comprehensive occupational and developmental pathways analysis of the clean energy economy in sunset park and NYC, and second to develop a comprehensive program plan that includes milestones, deliverables, and timelines for the jtwi. The occupational and developmental pathways analysis will be led by our partner and subrecipient urbane, a for-profit company based in brooklyn, NY, and they will complete the development of a clean energy and sub-sector and occupation scan, 15 target occupation opportunity profiles, historically marginalized workforce needs assessment, and a local workforce and wraparound service landscape analysis. At the conclusion, a report will compile 5-6 developmental pathways and any additional recommendations for the jtwri. The activities under the second goal, the jtwri program plan will map processes and protocols for outreach and recruitment, service provision, and partner network maintenance and expansion. Ultimately, the expected outcomes for this project are derived from the development of the developmental pathways analysis and program plan development. The beneficiaries of this initiative are the unemployed youth and young adults in sunset park and adjoining red hook. The majority of these individuals come from communities of color that have historically experienced high rates of poverty, unemployment, and systemic barriers to gaining employment. The proposed capacity-building project lays the necessary groundwork for future direct service provision to these young adults of color, building community-wide understanding of experience and skills needed for gainful employment in the green economy. The proposed capacity-building project lays the necessary groundwork for direct service provision to these young adults, building community-wide understanding of experience and skills needed for gainful employment in the green economy. Expected outcomes derived from the development of the occupational developmental pathways analysis and program plan development include:1. An organizational understanding of clean energy industries current and future presence in NYC and sunset park.2. An organizational understanding of up to 15 entry-level occupations in priority clean-energy industries.3. Comprehensive understanding of the skills, knowledge, and education necessary for the 15 identified entry-level occupations as well as the barriers to entry.4. A comprehensive organizational understanding of potential jtwri participants and the needs these participants will likely have.5. Targeted career pathway and opportunity ladders to help address racialized income gaps.6. An organizational understanding of the gaps that currently exist between the proficiencies and credentials held by the typical worker in sunset park and the credentials necessary for attaining target occupations in clean energy employment...