1. Youth Recruitment, Orientation, and Selection

2. Presenters Renée Jones
Associate Director Technical Assistance, YouthBuild USA
Patricia Bravo, DOL Knowledge Manager, YouthBuild USA
Robert Clark
Executive Director, YouthBuild Newark 2 2

3. Start with Placement in Mind
Important to recruitment and selection is making sure that candidates for your Youthbuild program are ready to be successful.
Integral to any YouthBuild program is that youth be placed in employment (including the military) or post-secondary education and/or advanced training/occupational skills training.
Start with this goal in mind.

4. Introduction
Where do you want your young people to be at graduation? We begin the recruitment process with this visioning.

5. I. RECRUIT Target Your Recruitment Pool
2. Approach Potential Applicants
3. Identify Hard-to Reach Youth

6. II. ORIENT Interview and Narrow the Pool
Schedule the Mental Toughness Orientation
Hold the Mental Toughness Orientation 6

7. How to find recruitment resources

10. What is Mental Toughness?
1-3 week orientation for pre-screened prospective YouthBuild students

11. What is the Purpose of Mental Toughness?
Gets young people ready for YouthBuild
Expose them to high standards, love, support and respect
Builds positive peer group
Helps make the final selection of young people who will enroll in YouthBuild

12. What funds can you spend on Mental Toughness?
For full explanation see DOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter
Some activities part of recruitment and eligibility determination and can be charged to DOL
Other activities cannot be charged

13. How do you plan for Mental Toughness?
Space
Model
Staffing
Partners

14. What elements should always be included in Mental Toughness?
Immediate building of a peer group
Small groups lead to success
Exposure to all aspects of YouthBuild

15. What are additional activities to include in mental toughness?
Completion ceremony
History of YouthBuild
Alumni panel

16. After Mental Toughness
Select applicants based on criteria
Notify applicants quickly and respectfully
A process for choosing among candidates if more applicants than expected successfully complete Mental Toughness
Meet with and provide a list of resources to all applicants that did not complete Mental Toughness

17. III. SELECT Select the Trainees Tell those Not Selected and Refer
Celebrate Those Selected

18. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

19. NEXT STEPS

20. Please Contact Your Federal Project Officer (FPO) for Technical Assistance

21. Information Resource
Renée Jones YouthBuild USA , x1223 Patricia Bravo, YouthBuild USA

22. THANK YOU!!