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The Camden County Workforce Investment Board recognizes that the most successful programs provide comprehensive services designed to address a wide range of youth needs.  While the specific mission of the Youth Investment Council is on workforce development programs and services, it maintains a focus on the larger picture, developing standards and policies that support providing youth with access to all the services they need to be successful in school and at work.  The committee specifically targets young people, ages 14-21, who face significant barriers to future success, including out-of-school youth, adjudicated youth, young people enrolled in or aging out of foster care, homeless youth, children of incarcerated parents, migrant and seasonal farm worker youth and other youth at risk.


Members:
Stewart Rosenberg, Chairman, Progress Packaging
Tanesha Brown, Division of Youth and Family Services
Dr. Doris Carpenter, Lion of Juda Restoration Ministries
Diana Crone, Camden County Youth Services
Bonnie Donegan, Adventure Aquarium
Victor Figueroa, Housing Authority of the City of Camden
Frank Filipek Jr., Camden County Resource Center
Jane Guillard, Juvenile Justice Commission
Dr. Siobhan Kelly, Camden County Technical School
Evelyn Nieves, Housing Authority of the City of Camden
Angel Osorio, Camden County Prosecutor's Office
Fa. Jeff Putthoff, Hopeworks N' Camden
Michael Rielly, L-3 Communications
Harry Segner, Ewing Cole
Nidia Sinclair, Camden County Resource Center
Don Wittrock, New Jersey Academy for Aquatic
Veronica Wynn, Camden CIty Youth Services Commission


Camden County Workforce Investment Board

Youth Committee

April 24, 2009

Minutes

 

Attendees:

Stewart Rosenberg, Chair

Diana Crone, CPAC

Bonnie Donegan, Adventure Aquarium

Sean Dougherty, Hopeworks’ N Camden

Maritza Gonzalez, HACC

Jane Guillard, Juvenile Justice Commission

Siobhan Kelly, Camden County Technical Schools

Evelyn Nieves, HACC

Harry Segner III, Ewing Cole

Don Wittrock, NJ AAS

Kendra Wright, Camden Center for Youth Development Inc.

 

Staff:

Sherriea Gorden, WIB

Kathleen Mayfield, CCOS

Carole Misinkavitch, WIB

Jeffrey S. Swartz, WIB

Tony Teti, CCOS

 

Welcome & Round Table Introductions:

Jeff Swartz, Executive Director welcomed members to the meeting and introduced Chairman, Stewart Rosenberg, President, Progress Packaging.

 

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act-Kathy Mayfield

 

For the first time in almost a decade, funding for a summer youth program will be available.  The initial allocation was nearly 1.5 million.  The Camden County One-Stop has extensive knowledge with such programs and will manage the ARRA program and Summer H.E.A.T. simultaneously.

  • Funding is forthcoming however, original allocations are being recalculated.  There is an allowable 10% administrative fee to offset associated administrative costs.  In the event the entire 10% is not utilized, the remainder may be redirected back to the grant to serve additional youth
  • ARRA funding can only be used to serve out of school youth who are not attached to a school system including those graduating in June 09, not college bound
  • A non-financial RFP was mailed directly to approximately 400 qualified agencies to obtain worksites
  • Outreach will include unemployed youth utilizing the unemployment system.
  • Municipalities, non-profit agencies and educational providers will outreach directly and Public Service Announcements  will be utilized to connect with the entire county
  • Each worksite will be responsible for providing youth with work experience that will that will reinforce the real-life demands of employment
  • Participants must meet the WIA criteria, Low income based on the 70% lower living standard, and possess one or more of the following challenges:

1.        Basic skills deficient (Computes or solves problems, reads, writes, or speaks English at or below the 8th grade level on a generally accepted standardized test.)

2.       School dropout

3.       Disabled

4.       Resident of an Abbott School District

5.       Homeless, runaway or foster child

6.       Pregnant or Parenting

7.       Citizenship or alien and draft registration

  • Program period is June 15-August 30 and no later than September 30
  • Youth will be paid the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour and 12 temporary staff will earn $12 per hour.
  • Currently the Fiscal agent anticipates spending 100% of the allocation prior to September 30, 2009

 

Role of the Youth Committee

The following suggestions were discussed:

 

  • The committee takes a pro-active approach in identifying at risk youth throughout the entire county; the rapidly changing county demographics show at risk youth are no longer concentrated in the city but are dispersed throughout the county.  At-risk youth, both in-school and out-of-school must be serviced beyond the summer 

 

  • The committee should research existing mentoring programs throughout the county, including contacting Freeholder Cappelli’s office as they advocate mentoring.  Successful mentoring programs are provided by VOA, Center for Family Services and Big Brothers and Big Sisters and can serve as examples for designing and implementing a mentoring program.

 

  • The establishment of a “Speakers Bureau” to work with schools and other agencies to convey the services available at the Camden County One-Stop Career Center and Resource Center

 

  • Schedule a follow-up Round Table meeting with stakeholders to establish priorities.   

 

Stewart requested a copy of the WIA Youth Council requirements be sent to members for review. 

 

The committee agreed monthly meeting dates should be established. 

 

 

Submitted by,

 

Sherriea Gorden

Executive Assistant


Updated December 2009

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