Metro North Workforce Area

Metro North Workforce Area FY2016 Service Provider List

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LARE-CAN

LARE-CAN
100 Everett Avenue, #8
Chelsea, MA 02150

Program Description: LARE Institute operates an Education and Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide Training Program to 14 WIOA eligible youth who are either school drop outs in need of their HiSET or high school graduates who are basic skills deficient.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.americantraininginc.com/groups/lare-institute/

Program Contact: Shawn Tacardo

Contact Email: stacardo15@gmail.com

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 14
Total Number In-School Youth: 0

Program Service Elements: Education and Workforce Preparation, Financial Literacy, Leadership Development Opportunities, Supportive Services, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, and Supportive Services.

LARE VEPS

LARE VEPS
100 Everett Avenue. #8
Chelsea, MA 02150

Program Description: LARE Institute operates a HiSET and Vocational Exploration Program.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.americantraininginc.com/groups/lare-institute/

Program Contact: Shawn Tacardo

Contact Email: stacardo15@gmail.com

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 26
Total Number In-School Youth: 0

Program Service Elements: Financial Literacy, Supportive Services, Work Experiences, and Follow-Up Services.

LARE Malden

LARE Malden
77 Salem Street
Malden, MA 02148

Program Description: LARE Institute operates a HiSET and Vocational Exploration Program.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.americantraininginc.com/groups/lare-institute/

Program ContactGail Barrera

Contact Email: GailBarrera@americantraininginc.com

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 18
Total Number In-School Youth: 0

Program Service Elements: Post-Secondary and Training Transition Services, Financial Literacy, Work Experiences, and Follow-Up Services.

Just A Start - Youth Build

Just A Start - Youth Build
1035 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

Program Description: Just-A-Start YouthBuild (JAS YB) is a comprehensive youth development program for 16 to 24 year-old out-of-school youth that provides education leading to education level increases and credential attainment (HiSET or diploma); career exploration (healthcare and STEM emphasis); employment skills building; and leadership and life skills training.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: https://justastart.org/youth-programs/ 

Program Contact: Dolores Ortiz

Contact Email: doloresortiz@justastart.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 15
Total Number In-School Youth: 0

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

Wakefield Public Schools - Alternative Program

Wakefield Public Schools - Alternative Program
525 Main Street
Wakefield, MA 01880

Program Description: The Wakefield Alternative HiSet/Post Graduate Readiness Program provides academic enrichment, tutoring and study skills training as well as employment, mentoring, guidance and counseling to out of school young adults, mainly focused on those who have a designated learning or other document disability.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a,m. - 4:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://wakefieldpublicschools.org/WPS/

Contact Person: Beverly Elcewicz

Contact Email:: beverly.elcewicz@wpsk12.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 10
Total Number In-School Youth: 0

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

Bay Cove Academy

Bay Cove Academy
156 Lawton Street
Brookline, MA 02446

Program Description: Bay Cove Academy will provide services through the Career Development Program (CDP), a comprehensive program which incorporates school-based learning and work-based learning. CDP provides classroom and real-world employment skills training and community jobs development, as well as age-appropriate life skills, academic remediation, and the development of problem solving and reasoning skills for adolescents.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.baycove.org/BCExternal/index.cfm?objectID=ABEDEDD0-2227-11DF-A1E5000423B5542E

Program Contact: Kathleen Pignone

Contact Email: kpignone@baycove.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 0
Total Number In-School Youth: 7

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

Cambridge Housing Authority

Cambridge Housing Authority
675 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Program Description: The Cambridge Housing Authority’s Work Force WIOA Youth Program will offer year round programming for in-school youth, ages 14-21. Work Force is a career development and training program designed to assist public housing youth with completing high school, developing a career plan, resisting high risk behavior, and developing a sense of positive future orientation.

Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.cambridge-housing.org/

Program Contact: Kambiz Maali

Contact Email: kmaali@cambridge-housing.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth:
Total Number In-School Youth: 20

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences , Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

Just A Start - Career Connections

Just A Start - Career Connections
1035 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02142

Program Description: Just-A-Start will provide a year-round program, Career Connections (CC), aimed at improving school attendance and performance and providing career development and employability training to 15 students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) identified as being at risk.

Hours of Operation: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.justastart.org/what-we-do/education-training/career-connection/

Program Contact: Kalin Mitchell

Contact Email: kalinmitchell@justastart.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 0
Total Number In-School Youth: 15

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

YWCA of Malden

YWCA of Malden
54 Washington Street
Malden, MA 02148

Program Description: The YWCA of Malden will offer year round programming for in-school youth, ages 14-21. This program, WorkSmart, will provide career and job preparedness services to students of Malden High School, primarily those in the high school’s Teen Parenting Program, but also youth who are at risk of dropping out of school because they are homeless or about to become homeless.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.ywcamalden.org/

Program Contact: Peg Crowe

Contact Email: pcrowe@ywcamalden.org

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 0
Total Number In-School Youth: 12

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences , Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

Woburn Housing Authority

Woburn Housing Authority
59 Campbell Street
Woburn, MA 01801

Program Description: Woburn Housing Authority’s Jump Start WIOA Youth Program will offer year round programming for in-school youth, ages 14-21.

Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Service Provider Website: http://www.woburnhousing.org/

Program Contact: Brendan Doherty

Contact Email: brendandoherty@comcast.net

Total Number Out-of-School Youth: 0
Total Number In-School Youth: 10

Program Service Elements: Leadership Development Opportunities, Work Experiences, Occupational Skills Training, Education and Workforce Preparation, Supportive Services, Supportive Services, Follow-Up Services, Guidance and Counseling, and Financial Literacy.

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