Serve and to support our existing employer-driven pre-apprenticeship activities and RAP job training as basic nurse assistant or psychiatric technician apprenticeship career pathways to increase…

The Reset To Success Foundation, Inc., doing business as Midwest Career Source, was awarded a $9 million Project Grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Registered Apprenticeship program (CFDA 17.285). The four-year award will support the organization's existing employer-driven pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) job training activities to increase diversity and equity in underrepresented and underserved populations in Belleville, Illinois. Key deliverables include enrolling and completing 200 participants in pre-apprenticeship internships and RAPs for certification as basic nurse assistants or psychiatric technicians. Supportive services such as childcare, transportation, and case management will be provided to subrecipients to help overcome barriers to participation. The funding will also support expanding existing and creating new equity-focused RAP programs with employer partners to place graduates in jobs with an average starting wage of $15 per hour.

Purpose

The purpose of this program is to serve and to support our existing employer-driven pre-apprenticeship activities and RAP job training as basic nurse assistant or psychiatric technician apprenticeship career pathways to increase diversity and equity in underrepresented populations and underserved communities. Activities performed through pre-apprenticeship activities, create and prepare a qualified talent pipeline of diverse candidates for entry into a RAP through employer healthcare internships, employer healthcare job shadowing -to achieve equity and diversion to the targeted population to overcome challenges and barriers provide wrap around services: tutoring/remedial training, work ethics/soft skills training, mental health & well-being services, substance use services, financial literacy, housing -supportive services: transportation, child-care, case management -direct industry involvement: RAP employer partnerships -STRUCTURED OJL: STRUCTURED RAP OJL with employer hired apprentice providing hands on training from mentors -apprenticeship related instruction- RAP receiving related classroom instruction to complement the OJL (STRUCTURED) -national industry recognized credential certificate of completion issued by the DOL, certification as a basic nurse assistant and/or psychiatric technician -progressive wage increase as they receive additional skills gained. Deliverables program outcomes: 1) # number of participants served (200), 2) # number of participants enrolled (200), 3) # number of participants completing the program/ receiving credentials by demographic location: goal 98% or 196, 4) # of participants who enroll in pre-apprenticeship 75% or 50 of the 200: 5) # of participants who complete a pre-apprenticeship: goal 50 of the 200: goal workers placed into employment by demographic location: goal 100% or 200. Program outputs: 1) # of equity centered raps employers created and expanded as a result of the ABA grant funding, 2) # of equity centered raps employers expanded as a result of the ABA grant funding, 3) total pre-apprenticeship programs created as a result of ABA grant funding, 4) total pre-apprenticeship programs expanded as a result of ABA grant funding, 5) average wages of job placements (goal $15.00), 6) # RAP enrolled/ retained/complete education and will attain credentials (POST-SECONDARY) as certified nursing assistant or psychiatric technician- 98%, 7) # enrolled who are job placed- 100%. Intended beneficiary underrepresented populations, low income, underserved communities, people of color, women, persons with disabilities, youth, youth with barriers, unemployed, veterans. Subrecipient activities child-care, transportation.