Helping Advance And Nurture The Development Of Youth Inc

APPLICANT NAME: HELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH, INC. (HANDY)PROJECT TITLE: HANDY YOUTHBUILDTARGET COMMUNITY SERVICE AREA, IDENTIFIED BY ZIP CODE(S): 33004, 33009, 33019, 33020, 33021, 33023, 33024, 33025, 33026, 33027, 33060, 33062, 33063, 33064, 33065, 33066, 33068, 33069, 33071, 33309, 33311, 33312, 33313, 33314, 33315, 33316, 33317, 33319, 33321, 33322, 33324, 33328, AND 33334 IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDATOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS TO BE ENROLLED: 40FUNDING LEVEL REQUESTED: $920,000COST SHARING OR MATCHING FUNDS AMOUNT: $230,126 IN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONSTOTAL COST-PER-PARTICIPANT: $28,753 ($23,000 FROM THE GRANT PLUS $5,753 IN MATCH)DELIVERABLES: DELIVERABLES INCLUDE 40 YOUTH SERVED BY THE PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION TRAINING DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTION PLUS TRAINING DESIGN, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, AND INTEGRATED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.APPLICANT CATEGORY (CHECK ONLY ONE): CATEGORY B (NEW)CONSTRUCTION PLUS OCCUPATIONAL FIELD(S), IF APPLICABLE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAPPLICATION IS BEING SUBMITTED AS (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY): URBANSUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF APPLICABLE): FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MOSS SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION WILL RECEIVE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING COMPONENT.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED OUTCOMES: THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE HANDY YOUTHBUILD TRAINING PROGRAM IS TO HELP YOUTH FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT GAIN DUE TO THE LACK OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. HANDY YOUTHBUILD WILL USE THE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION CURRICULUM BY NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (NCCER) AS THE TRAINING FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH A PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN STANDARDIZED BASIC CONSTRUCTION SKILLS TRAINING, OVERSEEN BY CERTIFIED MASTER TRAINER FROM FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MOSS SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION. TRAINING WILL INCLUDE: CONCRETE FORMS, STEEL STUB FRAMING, TOOL SAFETY, BLUEPRINT READING, BASIC ELECTRICAL, BASIC BUILDING MATERIALS, BASIC PLUMBING, GREEN BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND MORE. HANDY YOUTHBUILD TRAINING ALIGNS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYER NEEDS AND YOUTH INTEREST TO OBTAIN PORTABLE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS IN VARIOUS NCCERR TRADE AREAS, OSHA FLORIDA FORKLIFT CERTIFICATION, OSHA 30 CONSTRUCTION, AND OSHA 24 HOUR DISASTER SITE WORKER CERTIFICATION. CONSTRUCTION PLUS TRAINING WILL ALSO BE OFFERED TO YOUTH IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHERE YOUTH WILL RECEIVE TRAINING IN COMPTIA A AND NETWORK CERTIFICATION, WITH AN OPTIONAL FIBER OPTICS TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION.OUTCOMES INCLUDE: (1) A MINIMUM OF 70% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES PLACED IN EDUCATION OREMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE 2ND QUARTER UPON EXIT (2) AT LEAST 65% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES PLACED IN EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE 4TH QUARTER UPON EXIT (3) THE MEDIAN EARNINGS OF PARTICIPANTS IS $5,000 OR GREATER IN UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT DURING THE 2ND QUARTER AFTER EXIT (4) AT LEAST 80% OF PARTICIPANTS WHO ENTER THE PROGRAM ATTAIN A CREDENTIAL (5) A MINIMUM OF 70% OF PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AN INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION, SHOW MEASURABLE SKILLS GAINSON THE TABE ASSESSMENT, OR GAIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED OR COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR AND (6) AT LEAST 50% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES STAY EMPLOYED BY THE SAME EMPLOYER IN THE 2ND AND 4TH QUARTER.CONTINUED IN ATTACHMENT D - STATEMENT OF WORK, ABSTRACT

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