YouthBuild Honolulu Aloha from Hawaii!
Administrative Structure City & County of Honolulu Department of Community Services WorkHawaii Division YouthBuild Honolulu
Program Structure with Funding Sources WorkHawaii Division Youth Services Center YouthBuild United States Department of Labor Young Adult Ex-Offender United States Department of Labor Substance Abuse Prevention SAMHSA Adolescent Diversion Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Adolescent Diversion State General Funds Stand Alone Programs Partner Programs Funding through State of Hawaii Funding from USDOL
Hawaii Job Corps (Honolulu Center) I. Academics and Career Training GED Automotive Business Technology Culinary Arts Facilities Maintenance Health Occupations/Certified Nursing Assistant Landscaping Medical Office Support Painting II. Participant Type Day Residential
Steps To Establish The Relationship
STEP 1 Identifying the Benefits I. Administrative Benefits America’s Job Center Partner (Memorandum of Understanding) Leveraging USDOL Funds National Recognition Identify Program Benefits II.Program Benefits Increase Outcomes Expansion of Partner Network III.Participant Benefits Increase availability of services and training Increase exposure to peers and positive adult role models Increase personal capacity Increase access to social and economic opportunities
STEP 2 Identify Challenges I.No Transportation to Job Corps II.Traveling to Job Corps III.Job Corps enrollment suspension (January 2013)
STEP 3 Identifying Solutions IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS CHALLENGES Bus Pass/Shuttle from YB to Job Corps No Transportation to Job Corps Staff and Youth travel together to Job Corps Traveling to Job Corps Suspension lifted Job Corps enrollment suspension (January 2013)
STEP 4 Collaborate Non-qualifying YouthBuild applicants referred to Job Corps YouthBuild graduates referred to Job Corps
STEP 5 Maintaining the Partnership On-going communication between program and administrative staff Implement actions to improve referral, enrollment and follow up practices Celebrate our successes and lessons learned