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The Out-of-School Youth program strives to provide a year-round
comprehensive program designed to empower participants, ages 16-21, who
have dropped out of school and/or who are not working, to learn the
skills necessary to make academic, social, spiritual, and
emotional progress toward self-sufficiency and become productive
citizens in our community.
The program is designed to address attitudes toward jobs, aptitudes
for jobs, and to enhance the readiness toward employment, training
needs, and skill deficiencies of out-of-school youth (ages 16-21) in
Boone, Lincoln, and Mingo Counties. The goal of the program is to identify and recruit 120 eligible out-of-school youth
(ages 16-21) and assist them in charting a path toward successful
employment or further education.
Program services include:
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program orientation, individual assessment, and
development of an employability plan
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training in interpersonal and self-esteem skills,
goal development, and job skills
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a counselor to assist in developing and
implementing an employability plan
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job shadowing, job mentoring, career exploration,
and on-the-job training
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development of a job bank
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job referrals
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12-month follow-up
This program is a collaborative effort between education, business,
civic, and governmental organizations. The Region 2 Out-of-School Youth
program is grant-funded by the Workforce Investment Board and
is operated through Southern West Virginia Community and Technical
College.
For more information, call 304.792.7098 x.
125.
Region 2 Workforce Development Board
Last Update -
05/21/2007
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