This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,875,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant funding will support Countycorp, a non-profit community development corporation in Dayton, Ohio, in delivering comprehensive workforce development services to underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school. The grant-funded program will provide participants with vocational...
This $1,875,000 Project Grant, awarded on February 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274), will fund comprehensive workforce development services delivered by Youthbuild Columbus Community School (doing business as Buckeye Community Career Center) in Ohio. The grant will support pre-apprenticeship services including education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance for...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,875,000.00, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274), will provide comprehensive workforce development services to underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school. The grant will fund a 40-month program that includes pre-apprenticeship training in construction, healthcare, IT, and other in-demand industries, along with educational support to help...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to Youth Over US, Inc. under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274) for the period of July 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. Funds will equip underserved youth in Columbus, Ohio with the education and employment skills to achieve economic self-sufficiency through 2024. Key services include post-secondary education and training opportunities such as apprenticeship programs to provide youth the...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to Youthbuild Columbus Community School under the YouthBuild federal grant program (CFDA 17.274). The grant will fund services from July 2021 through October 2024 to equip underserved youth with the education and employment skills needed for economic self-sufficiency. Specifically, Youthbuild Columbus Community School will provide post-secondary education opportunities, including...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,152,000 Project Grant to Ohioguidestone under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The grant funds will support services to equip underserved youth with education and employment skills from May 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, Ohioguidestone will provide post-secondary education opportunities, including apprenticeship training, to help youth achieve economic self-sufficiency. Additional services include...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,562,500 Project Grant on June 1, 2024 to Clc, Inc. (doing business as Community Learning Center) under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274). The funding will be used to equip underserved youth ages 16-24 with the education, job skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Program services include post-secondary education, apprenticeship...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,500,000 YouthBuild (CFDA 17.274) project grant to the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) to operate a workforce development program for opportunity youth in Detroit, Michigan. The program will serve 66 participants between the ages of 16-24 who are high school dropouts, adjudicated youth, youth aging out of foster care, youth with disabilities, homeless youth, and other disconnected youth populations. Participants will...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $4,125,000 Project Grant under the YouthBuild program (CFDA 17.274) to Easter Seals Tristate, LLC, a non-profit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The grant funding will support a 40-month comprehensive workforce development initiative serving underserved youth aged 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school. Key program services include pre-apprenticeship training in construction, healthcare, IT,...
This $1,875,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.274 - YouthBuild) will enable the Land-0F-Sky Regional Council, a U.S. local government and council of governments entity, to provide comprehensive workforce development services to underserved youth ages 16-24 in western North Carolina. The grant will fund a 40-month program from February 2025 to May 2028 that delivers pre-apprenticeship training in construction, healthcare,...
COUNTY CORP, IS A CATEGORY A APPLICANT AND IS INCLUDING A CONSTRUCTION PLUS PROPOSAL TOOFFER OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING FOR JOBS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ADDITION TO OUR CONSTRUCTION,MANUFACTURING, AND HEALTHCARE PATHWAYS. COUNTY CORP YOUTHBUILD DAYTON WILL RECRUITPARTICIPANTS FROM THE DAYTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO URBAN AREA, SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN AREACODES 45403, 45404, 45405, 45406, 45410, 45414, 45417, 45424, AND 45431. THE PROJECTPROPOSES TO SERVE 72 PARTICIPANTS (36 PARTICIPANTS IN EACH OF TWO YEARS) AT A COST OF 20,833.33PER PARTICIPANT FOR A TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST OF 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS ( 1,500,000.00).AS THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COUNTYCORP WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT AND CAN MAKE ASSURANCESOF AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF PROPERTIES AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE GRANT PERIOD. THE OHIO STATEAPPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL HAS DESIGNATED 3 OF YOUTHBUILD DAYTONS PROGRAMS (CONSTRUCTION,MANUFACTURING AND HEALTHCARE) AS PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS GROWING ASRESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT 60 OF TEENS WOULD PREFER TO START A BUSINESS OVER HAVING A TRADITIONAL JOB.WITH EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS HIGH FOR ALL OF THESE PATHWAYS, CONSTRUCTION PARTICIPANTSWILL BE TRAINED IN NCCER CORE AS WELL AS GREEN SKILLS INCLUDING WEATHERIZATION, WHICH WILL ALLOWUS TO SUPPORT THE JUSTICE40 INITIATIVE. IN MANUFACTURING, PARTICIPANTS WILL EARN TWO CERTIFICATIONSFROM MSSCS CERTIFIED PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN PROGRAM. IN HEALTHCARE, PARTICIPANTS HAVE TWOOPTIONS THEY MAY EITHER STUDY IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH CAREER ASSOCIATION (NHA) TRACK WHERETHEY EARN STACKABLE CREDENTIALS STARTING WITH: PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN, THEN CERTIFIED PATIENTCARE TECHNICIAN AND THEN CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT. PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO PURSUE AHEALTHCARE TRACK WHICH FOCUSES ON WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.THE CERTIFICATE OF INITIAL PROFICIENCY (CIP) CREDENTIAL COMES THROUGH THE OHIO ALLIANCE OF DIRECTSUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. PARTICIPANTS PURSUING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPTION WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATIONTHROUGH THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BELIEVE IN OHIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP CERTIFICATIONPROGRAM AND START THEIR OWN LLC IN ED TECH, PRODUCT SERVICE, OR SOCIAL IMPACT, INCLUDING USINGTHEIR WEATHERIZATION TRAINING TO WORK WITH THE DAYTON ENERGY COLLABORATIVE TO REDUCE THE SEVEREENERGY BURDEN OF THE MORE THAN 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN DAYTON WITH INCOMES BELOW THE 200 FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION TEAM HAS THE DISTINCTION OF WORKING TOGETHER FOR MANYYEARS AND HAS DEVELOPED PROMISING SCENARIOS INTO UNIQUELY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATING ANDTRAINING QUALIFIED YOUNG ADULTS. WITH A WORKFORCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (WAC) COMPRISED OFLOCAL COMPANIES IN ALL 4 PATHWAY OPTIONS, COUNTY CORP YOUTHBUILD DAYTON, UTILIZES A SECTORSTRATEGY APPROACH TO STAY ABREAST OF CRITICAL SILLS EMPLOYERS ARE SEEKING FOR ENTRY LEVEL WORKERS.THIS CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS OUR STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OHIOMEANS JOBS | JOB CENTER (AN AMERICAN JOB CENTER OR ONE-STOP CENTER) PROVIDES AN EXTENSIVENETWORK OF RESOURCES FOR POSTSECONDARY PLACEMENTS. THE CULMINATION OF THESE LEVERAGEDRESOURCES POSITIONS COUNTY CORP YOUTHBUILD DAYTON WELL TO DELIVER ON THE FOLLOWING SIXSTANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE MEASURES: 1- EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT RATE (2ND QUARTER) 2-EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT RATE (4TH QUARTER) 3- MEDIAN EARNINGS 4- CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT 5-MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS AND 6- EFFECTIVENESS IN SERVING EMPLOYERS.