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Workforce Services
Solicitations for Proposals
Workforce Investment Act 2007 – 2008
Governor’s Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention (CalGRIP) Initiative – Award List and Project Summaries
On March 3, 2008, grants were awarded to 19 organizations under the CalGRIP Solicitation. Project descriptions, award amounts, and contact information are listed below.
Award List
| Awardees |
County |
WIA 15 Percent Amount |
Total Award Amount |
| Associated
Community Action Program of Alameda County (ACAP) |
Alameda |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Centro Community Hispanic
Association, Inc. (Centro CHA, Inc.) |
Los Angeles |
$398,146 |
$398,146 |
| Community Services &
Employment Training |
Tulare |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Fresno County Economic
Opportunities Commission |
Fresno |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Homeboy Industries |
Los
Angeles |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Imperial Valley Regional
Occupation |
Imperial |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Jewish Vocational Service of
Los Angeles |
Los
Angeles |
$300,000 |
$300,000 |
| Los Angeles Works |
Los
Angeles |
$399,522 |
$399,522 |
| Merced County |
Merced |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Metro United Methodist Urban
Ministry |
San
Diego |
$395,688 |
$395,688 |
| North Central Counties
Consortium |
Sutter |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Richmond City |
Contra
Costa |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Sacramento Local Conservation
Corps |
Sacramento |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| San Bernardino City |
San
Bernardino |
$300,000 |
$300,000 |
| San Joaquin County |
San
Joaquin |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| Santa Cruz County |
Santa
Cruz |
$370,229 |
$370,229 |
| Santa Rosa-Community Action
Partnership of Sonoma County |
Sonoma |
$341,637 |
$341,637 |
| South Bay Center For Counseling |
El Segundo |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| South Bay Workforce
Investment Board |
Los
Angeles |
$400,000 |
$400,000 |
| TOTAL |
$7,305,222 |
$7,305,222 |
Project Summaries
| Awardees |
Contact Name |
Associated
Community Action Program of Alameda County (ACAP)
24100 Amador Street
Hayward, CA 94544 |
Nanette Dillard
(510) 259-3818 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: ACAP is providing intensive
education, training, employment, and support services to 60 gang-involved or
at-risk youth, ages 15-21, and basic/referral services to another 80 youth in
southern Alameda County. The county Department of Probation and Office of
Education refers youth in the juvenile justice system. Alameda County Health
Care Services Agency is providing over $400,000 in funds for mental health
services. Occupational training areas include business services, medical,
automotive telecommunications, green industry apprenticeships, construction,
and biotech. ACAP is a joint powers agreement between Vallecitos Center for Employment Training, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Alameda County
Office of Education, and Alameda County Probation Department. |
Centro Community
Hispanic Association, Inc.
(Centro CHA, Inc.)
727 Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802 |
Jessica Quintana
(562) 570-4709 |
| Award Amount: $398,146 |
| Summary: Centro Community Hispanic Association, Inc. (Centro
CHA) will serve 80 high-risk gang involved Long Beach youth, 14-24 in
collaboration with the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network. Youth
living in this designated High Intensity Gang Activity Area will be provided
with intensive life skills training, internships, construction industry pre-apprenticeship
training with union partners, and be offered on-the-job training
opportunities. All youth will receive supportive services and incentives
that focus on education and job opportunities. Services will be
individualized and focused on providing youth with opportunities to move
beyond their gang involvement into activities bringing educational attainment
and financial self-sufficiency. Partners include Long Beach Unified School
District and City College; California State University, Long Beach; Long
Beach Police Department, Los Angeles County Probation Department, Legal Aid
Foundation, Victory Outreach, Atlantic Recovery Services, Commission on
Children and Youth, Youth and Gang Violence Task Force, welfare agencies and
other entities that serve at-risk youth. |
Community
Services & Employment Training
P.O. Box 1350
Visalia, CA 93279 |
Mary Rodarte
(559) 732-4194 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: Tulare County, a High Intensity Gang Activity Area
in the rural, agricultural center of the state, is experiencing an insurgence
of gangs from urban centers to the north and south. Community
Services and Employment Training (CSET) and its partners have designed a
holistic approach to target 90 youth 14-24 who are gang members and those at
risk of joining gangs to take a path away from gangs and toward productive
futures. Participants will complete gang counseling tailored for younger
males, older males, and females, be provided daily case management and
mentoring, and access to resources that will prepare them for work experience
in high growth occupations such as: weatherization, construction, concrete
and landscaping, minor home repair, trail and park development, e-waste
collections, recycling redemption center operations and conservation &
energy efficiency education. CSET collaborates with the Colleges of the
Sequoias and the Tulare County Sheriff's Department. |
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission
1900 Mariposa Mall
Fresno, CA 93721 |
Alma Kowalski
(559) 263-1100 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: Project Guide is a
proven program strategy for the transformation of current gang members and
those at risk of gang involvement into positive, productive citizens through
full-time, high growth paid employment training and continuing education
complemented by a caring, highly skilled staff and a host of supportive
services. Serving 60 youth, 14-24 years of age, in Enterprise Zones in the
cities of Fresno and eastern Fresno County, Project GUIDE will tap the
unlimited talent and energy of gang-affiliated youth and will focus it on
productive, skill building work projects that will improve their
neighborhoods, inspire pride and teach leadership. Training and job
placement will be in a variety of occupations including construction,
automotive, landscaping, recycling and e-waste services. The project will
use a multi-agency service network including the Fresno Local Workforce
Investment Board, Fresno City College, local high schools, Fresno County
Sheriff Department and many others. |
Homeboy Industries
130 W. Bruno Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
Kaile Shilling
(323) 526-1254 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: Homeboy Industries
assists at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth to become contributing
members of our community through a variety of services in response to their
multiple needs. Free programs include counseling, education, tattoo removal,
job training, and placement enable young people to redirect their lives and
provide them with hope for their futures. A distinctive feature of Homeboy
Industries is its small businesses where the most difficult to place
individuals are hired in transitional jobs that give them a safe, supportive
environment in which to learn both concrete and soft job skills, while
simultaneously building resume and work experience. These businesses include
Homeboy Bakery, Homegirl Café & Catering, Homeboy Maintenance, Homeboy
Press, Homeboy/Homegirl Merchandise, and Homeboy Silkscreen &
Embroidery. This project targets 30 youth (ages 14-18) who are gang involved
or at-risk of becoming gang involved and 55 older youth (ages 19-24) in Los
Angeles County. Partners include the Community Development Department, Los
Angeles Probation Department, Kaiser Permanente, and Opportunities for
Learning. |
Imperial
Valley Regional Occupation
687 State Street
El Centro, CA 92243 |
Mary Camacho
(760) 482-2600 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: Imperial County has been designated as a High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area by the Drug Enforcement Agency, with more than 80% of the
cocaine coming into California passing through our border. Access to drugs
and easy money has contributed to an increase in youth crime and gang
activity. Using the Spergel Model of Gang Intervention and Suppression and
the ten youth WIA elements, Project PUENTE will serve 150 youth ages 14-24
residing in Imperial County who are current gang members, gang involved, or at
high risk of gang involvement. Vocational, job readiness skills training,
and work experience opportunities in the healthcare and manufacturing fields
will prepare youth to enter employment. Partners include the Local Workforce
Investment Area, educational institutions, law enforcement, youth advocacy
groups, welfare agencies, local employers, and other entities that serve
at-risk-youth. |
Jewish
Vocational Service of Los Angeles
6505 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90048 |
Claudia Finkel
(323) 761-8887 |
| Award Amount: $300,000 |
| Summary: The First Chance program
targets youth, ages 14-24, in or out of school, who are affiliated with or in
danger of becoming involved with a gang, or in danger of incarceration. In
collaboration with the City Attorney's office, schools and community-based
organizations, youth receive workforce development services and support to
build self-esteem while acquiring the necessary educational skills for high
school graduation or a GED and vocational training for placement in high wage
positions with opportunities for advancement. Services will target 100 youth
in the Northeast, Wilshire and Hollywood communities of LA City. Vocational
and customized training will lead to employment in retail sales, bank teller,
service industry, automotive, and health care. |
Los Angeles Works
5200 Irwindale Avenue, Suite 210
Irwindale, CA 91706 |
Kathy Ford
(626) 960-3964 |
| Award Amount: $399,522 |
| Summary: The LA GRIP Project will
provide two distinct training/job placement programs aimed at eliminating
employment and other barriers for gang-affiliated/at-risk youth. Under Path 1, an in-camp program will be implemented for
youth (17 to 18) serving sentences at any of three County Probation Camps.
Path 2 will provide a work experience program for gang youth 18 to 24 who
reside in the San Gabriel Valley. Both programs will 1) provide training in
work readiness, life, and basic skills; 2) enable youth to earn an
industry-recognized “Diversified Occupations” credential; and 3) prepare
youth to begin unsubsidized employment or advanced training. Training and
employment will be in a variety of occupations including construction, retail
sales, manufacturing and automotive. LA Works will collaborate with the LA
County Probation Department, the Sheriff's Department, Parks and Recreation
Department and many other local organizations. |
Merced County
1880 West Wardrobe Avenue
Merced, CA 95340 |
Andrea Baker
(209) 724-2002 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: This project will
provide educational, job/vocational, supportive, and counseling services to
25 youth, 14-24, enrolled in the Merced County Department of Probation Bear
Creek Academy (BCA) program. These individuals are juvenile offenders in the
long-term BCA program who are now in their electronic monitoring phase and
are soon to transition back into the community. A highly collaborative
approach between the Merced County Department of Workforce Investment,
Probation, and the Merced County Office of Education will provide youth with
a comprehensive service plan and pathway that will help them identify their
strengths and develop positive goals and strategies for eventual self-sufficiency. |
Metro United
Methodist Urban Ministry
3295 Meade Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116 |
John Hughes
(619) 285-5556 |
| Award Amount: $395,688 |
| Summary: Pathway to Success is a
comprehensive intervention, reentry, education, job training and skills
development program in the South Central area of San Diego. It is designed
to serve the workforce and personal development needs of a targeted sub-group
of gang members, 19-24, who are habitual offenders, with a focus on those
returning from prison or currently on probation from the San Diego County
Probation Department. PATHWAYS will utilize a one-stop service system to
expand economic opportunity through job readiness training, job placement,
enrollment in pre-apprenticeship programs, job coaching, and mentoring. The
project will focus on changing behavioral issues through behavior
modification and leadership development and develop a strong system of
support from peers, family and community. Partners include San Diego
Workforce Investment Board, Community College, Police Department, San Diego
Urban Corps, Black Contraction Association, CET, Multicultural Contracting
Group and NASSCO. Occupations include construction and shipbuilding. |
North
Central Counties Consortium (NCCC)
1213 Plumas Street,
Suite 1800
Yuba City, CA 95991 |
Stewart Know
(530) 822-7145 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: This project is a
comprehensive approach to gang violence that provides a coordinated,
multi-faceted anti-gang initiative involving all levels of government and
community involvement focusing on the three strategies: suppression,
intervention, and prevention. As an alternative to gang life, this project
provides important job training and education to 100 at-risk youth, ages
14-24. NCCC CalGRIP provides career pathways to high wage and high growth
industries in the semi-rural counties of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sutter and Yuba.
These industries are healthcare/social assistance, construction, professional
and business services, auto technicians, agriculture, transportation and warehousing.
The NCCC Workforce Investment Board is collaborating with local police and
probation departments, county office of education programs, Regional
Occupational Programs, YouthBuild, community colleges and vocational trade
schools, county social services, mental health programs, and local churches. |
Richmond City
330 25th Street
Richmond, CA 94804 |
Sal Vaca
(510) 307-8019 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: The City of Richmond will implement an innovative CalGRIP program that addresses the significant need
for employment and training opportunities and supportive services for 120
youth, ages 14-24, who are gang members, involved in gangs or at risk of gang
involvement. The program will incorporate a unique community-based family
case management to provide support and structure to participants as they attain
the training and soft skills necessary to become productive members of
society. Participants will enroll in pre-apprenticeship construction and
healthcare occupational training. Partners include community-based
organizations, K-12, adult education, community college, local employers,
probation, law enforcement, and youth advocacy groups. |
Sacramento Local Conservation Corps
8460 Velvedere Avenue, Suite 7
Sacramento, CA 95826 |
Andi Liebenbaum
(916) 386-8394 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: Sacramento Local
Conservation Corp will provide 80 current, former and potential gang members,
ages 18-24, paid, on-the-job training while they work on their education in
our diploma/GED academic program while also helping them address barriers
they face to reinvesting themselves into their communities. We will show
them how to deal with outstanding legal issues, secure safe and affordable
housing, connect with physical, mental, dental and vision health care options,
remove tattoos, receive grief/anger management and substance abuse
counseling, take parenting classes, open bank and credit union accounts,
apply for community college and find gainful employment. Partners include
City of Sacramento’s Departments of Recreation and Parks and Street Services,
the City of Citrus Heights Department of General Services, Regional Transit,
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, the State Department of Conservation
Division of Recycling and Sacramento Employment Training Agency. |
San Bernardino City
600 North Arrowhead Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92401 |
Janice Stowers
(909) 888-7881 |
| Award Amount: $300,000 |
| Summary: This project provides a
comprehensive and holistic approach to gang prevention, intervention and
reduction. With this grant, San Bernardino City will support countywide
efforts in combating gang violence. It is this agency's goal to provide
intervention through work-experience, mentoring, job placement,
educational/vocational assistance, referrals to agencies based on individual
needs, and supportive services for youth between the ages of 14 and 24 who
are currently involved in gang activity or deemed at-risk of gang
involvement. Workforce services will enhance and assist city and county
agencies in providing a collaborative approach to comprehensive services. Partners
include San Bernardino City Unified School District and Community College
District, Job Corp, Operation Phoenix, California Conversation Corps, County Probation, and The Boys and Girls of San Bernardino. |
San Joaquin County
56 South Lincoln Street
Stockton, CA 95203 |
John Solis
(209) 468-3500 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: This project implements
a comprehensive and community focused gang intervention and prevention
strategy at Stagg High School, Stockton Unified School District. The project
targets 14-18 year old economically disadvantaged students that are gang
members, gang involved, or at-risk of gang involvement. The project will
take a holistic approach by serving both youth and parents through a
partnership of organizations representing workforce preparation, education,
law enforcement, health care services, social services, and business. As a
result of this project, 60 eligible youth will receive vocational and job readiness
skills, and job placement into career pathways in the high growth industries.
Partners include Stockton Unified School District, El Concilio, San Joaquin
County Human Services Agency, San Joaquin County Probation Department, and
the Stockton Police Department. Area to be served by this project will be
within San Joaquin County. |
Santa Cruz County
1040 Emeline Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
Kathy Zwart
(831) 454-4080 |
| Award Amount: $370,229 |
| Summary: The Santa Cruz Workforce
Investment Board (WIB) has provided workforce development services for youth
since July 2000. The Sueñ Collaborative (Santa Cruz WIB and seven
community agencies) will extend current Youth Services and serve 60 youth who
are at-risk of gang involvement and 60 youths who are marginally involved
with gangs, ages 14-18, over an eighteen-month period. Program youth will
receive services that meet their individual needs and may include remedial
literacy and numeracy tutoring, unpaid work experience, and paid work
experience through city police departments and University of California. Services will target youth living in southern Santa Cruz County, an area where
high levels of poverty and school failure place youth at-risk of gang
involvement. Partners include the WIB, the Santa Cruz Office of Education
(SCCOE), the Community Restoration Project of the Community Action Board, The
Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, the Santa Cruz Probation Department and Santa Cruz county employers. |
Santa
Rosa-Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County
1300 North Dutton Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401 |
Casey McChesney
(707) 544-6911 |
| Award Amount: $341,637 |
| Summary: This project supports
YouthBuild Santa Rosa, an innovative program focused on changing the lives of
high-risk, gang involved, ex-offender, and out-of-school youth in the
Roseland area of Santa Rosa. Since 1995, this education/employment program brings
outreach and social services to unemployed young adults to support them in
leaving the gang life. Our goals for these youth are straightforward: educational
skills, job attainment, retention, and self-sufficiency achieved by providing
a safe, structured environment and intensive case management. From day one,
we address the need for making choices, because we know it is gangs or
employment. The program offers a pre-apprenticeship certification in
construction that works in conjunction with Burbank Housing Corporation and
the resources of Santa Rosa Junior College. YouthBuild has partnerships with
Burbank Housing, Santa Rosa Junior College, John Muir Charter School, and Social Advocates for Youth, Drug Abuse Alternatives Center, the Mayor’s Gang Task
Force and the local Workforce Investment Board. |
SouthBay Center for Counseling
360 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite
2075
El Segundo, CA 90245 |
Colleen Mooney
(310) 414-2090 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: The South Bay Bridge
Pathway (SBBP) targets 40 gang involved/at risk youth in the South Bay/Harbor
area of Los Angeles County. Youth will enroll in a 250-hour academic bridge
program at Harbor College, which includes intensive English and math
remediation. SBBP will provide wrap-around social services in the form of
counseling, case management, and skill building. Successful graduates will
be placed in jobs specifically allocated for SBBP graduates in the after
school workforce earning approximately $10,000 a year and will have direct
access to existing career pathways in the energy, teaching, and community
workers sectors. The SBCC will extend its current working relationship with
the Beach Cities One-Stop, the Long Beach Workforce Investment Board, and the
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (which operates a One-Stop
connected to the LA City Workforce Investment Board) in the program planning
and development of this project. |
South Bay Workforce Investment Board
11539 Hawthorne, Suite 500
Hawthorne, CA 90250 |
Jan Vogel
(310) 970-7700 |
| Award Amount: $400,000 |
| Summary: The City of
Hawthorne/South Bay Workforce Investment Board will implement the Bridge to
Work Program with partner cities and agencies in the targeted cities of Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Gardena, and Carson, including the adjacent
unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County - Lennox and West Athens (South Los Angeles). The Bridge to Work Program will provide wrap around intervention and
prevention services for 60 gang at-risk/gang-involved/gang-affiliated youth,
17-21, using proven employment and training and social development services
to reduce involvement or further involvement in gangs. Partners include LA
County Probation, Inglewood and Hawthorne Police Department, South Bay
Regional Gang Task Force, Centinela Youth Services, Inc., Dept of Children
& Family Services, South Bay Energy Consortium (British Petroleum,
Conoco-Phillips, Exxon Mobile, General Mills, Shell Oil, United Water, Velero,
and CEMCO Steel Manufacturing), South Bay Business Resource Network, and
Automated Data Processing, Inc. Occupational training includes healthcare
(nursing, medical and lab technicians, medical assistants), millwrights,
electricians, and instrument technicians. |
For more information, contact the Workforce Services Division at (916) 654-7799. TTY users, please call the California Relay Service at 711.
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