Sector Initiatives and Youth – Lessons from Per Scholas and District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund

Date:

10 December, 2014

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1:00pm to 2:30pm Eastern

Well-implemented sector initiatives have been proven through rigorous, random-assignment research to increase the earnings of their participants – including specifically for youth. Young adult participants at Per Scholas, a sector initiative providing IT skills training in the Bronx, NY, earned 45% ($6,625) more than randomly-selected controls during the second year of the two-year study. In Philadelphia, the District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund has developed a model sector initiative to introduce young people to careers in healthcare. In this webinar we will learn from both Per Scholas and the District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund about their youth-serving sector programs, how they work, and the outcomes they have achieved for young people.

Panelists:

Angie Kamath, Executive Director, Per Scholas
Cheryl Feldman, Executive Director, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
Makeeda Holley, Director of Workforce Development, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund

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Wednesday, December 3
11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Lessons from Partners for a Competitive Workforce
Thursday, December 4
9:00am to 10:30am Pacific 12:00pm to 1:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Policy and Practice Lessons from WRTP/BIG STEP
11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern	“Fair Chance” Practices to Support Employment of People with Criminal Records
Friday, December 5
9:00am to 10:30am Pacific 12:00pm to 1:30pm Eastern	Dealing with "The New Scarlet Letter": What Research Tells Us about Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record
11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern	Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Criminal Records – Lessons from Per Scholas and New Century Careers
Tuesday, December 9
11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Youth – Lessons from JobsFirstNYC’s Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (YASEP)
Wednesday, December 10
10:00am to 11:30am Pacific 1:00pm to 2:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Youth – Lessons from Per Scholas and District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
Thursday, December 11
9:00am to 10:30am Pacific 12:00pm to 1:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways - Policy Lessons from the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
11:00am to 12:30pm Pacific 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern	Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways – Lessons from Towards Employment's WorkAdvance Initiative
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