Lead applicant organization name: boys girls clubs of americalead applicant entity type: national non-profit organizationlead applicant city state: atlanta, garequired partners:workforce system…

Lead applicant organization name: boys girls clubs of americalead applicant entity type: national non-profit organizationlead applicant city state: atlanta, garequired partners:workforce system partners: south carolina indian development council yankton sioux tribe-wioa sawyer county economic development corporation central wyoming college workforce development davidsonworks workforce development board county of maui office of economic development.employer partners: RES road consulting, LCO daycare-genawendaawasong ihanktonwan community college proservice hawaii krank cycles maui pinnacle financial partners warm valley lodge manuas store.local education agency partners: LAC courte oreilles ojibwe school wagner community school district american samoa community college catawba indian nation thomasville senior high school hawaii department of education, maui district converse county school district 2 porterville unified school district.additional optional partners:jobs for the futuresociety for human resource managers (SHRM)university of hawaii maui collegerock hill schools adult educationproposed geographic scope – national - seven states and american samoaservice areas and sites:(york county, south carolina)(sawyer county, wisconsin)(charles mix county, south dakota)(tulare county, california)(converse fremont counties, wyoming)(davidson, union vance counties, north carolina and aiken county, south carolina)(maoputasi county, american samoa)(maui county, hawaii)total participants to be served: 576TOTAL funding requested: 2,000,000TOTAL leveraged funds: 921,250PROJECT title: life and work ready (LWR) projecttargeted populations to be served: youth ages 14-21 living in rural and marginalized communities low-income youth underserved youth youth with barriers to employment native american youth native hawaiian and pacific islander youth.public contact information: JIM clark, president CEO, 1275 peachtree street NE, atlanta, GA 30309, 404-487-5700, jclark bgca.orgbrief summary of the project:bgca is uniquely positioned to significantly expand workforce opportunities for rural and marginalized youth through the life work ready (LWR) project. Project services will span the continental united states as well as hawaii and american samoa and serve four native american communities. The LWR project is designed to enable rural and marginalize youth overcome barriers to employment by linking them to a broad set of workforce readiness activities and supportive services. Club affiliates will coordinate with partners in workforce, employer and education sectors to link participants to career assessment and counseling, dropout prevention services, occupational skills and job training, and job placement. Bgca will leverage its existing partnership with jobs for the future to provide participant access to a newly designed employer-recognized skills-based certification suite that will become available to club affiliates during the course of the project. This certification suite will equip participants with transferable skills that have been identified by multiple tiers of employers, trade unions and corporate partners. Finally, participants will have access to portable and stackable industry-recognized credentials as determined by local labor market data and in collaboration with businesses and young people.other project features include: assisting club affiliates in moving from individual relationships with local partners to a systems approach, as well as leveraging local partner resources to significantly increase the workforce readiness, educational and supportive services directly available to the projects youth participants scaling the project to eight additional club affiliates serving rural and native marginalized populations as well as launching a workforce improvement network for 30 targeted rural and native club affiliates across three or more states.