YouthBuild YouthBuild HonoluluHonolulu

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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

AdolescentDiversionOffice of Juvenile

Justice & Delinquency Prevention

AdolescentDiversion

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

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