Our Community

For nearly nine decades, William Byrd Community House has helped individuals and families in the community of Richmond, Virginia achieve self-sufficiency. Our approach is providing a unique array of high-quality prevention-oriented, community-based programs and services. These include nationally accredited early childhood and after school programs, career preparation services for youth, case management and emergency assistance, and outreach programs. We work in partnership with community groups, other nonprofits and the business and public sectors to ensure that our customers and clients have access to high-quality education, housing, health care, employment and nutrition.

Executive Director’s Corner

Now Hiring! Career Counseling Coordinator (Spanish Speaking Bilingual), Career Readiness

Objective: Ensure programmatic outcomes related to literacy and numeracy gains, completion of a diploma or equivalent, and entering employment or post secondary education. Supports the development and achievement of youth participants career goals through ongoing career counseling, mentoring, education, and coordination of support services.

Please e-mail Resumes to Shelia Givens, Director of Operations at sgivens@wbch.org or call 804-643-2717

William Byrd Community House is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Career Readiness Grant Awarded to William Byrd Community House

William Byrd Community House was selected by the Capital Region Workforce Investment Board as the provider of out-of-school youth workforce services. Out-of-school youth are defined as dropouts; or those who have completed high school, but are unprepared for the workforce and in need of additional education and/or training that will lead to skills that may be used in high wage/high demand occupations, or that will lead them to a pathway that will end in a high wage/high demand occupation. William Byrd Community House, a non-profit community-based organization housed at 224 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA, will be responsible for delivering services to out-of-school youth 16 years and older for eight jurisdictions (City of Richmond, and the counties of Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, Powhatan, New Kent, Charles City, Goochland). The total contract for FY 2010-2011 is $584,639 with the option to renew for up to four years.

William Byrd Community House will provide curriculum based workforce readiness and leadership education and access to additional training through apprenticeships, on the job training, work experience and classroom training through vendors on the Virginia eligible training provider list.

The career readiness curriculum includes community engagement, relationship building, exposing youth and community members to new ways of thinking, cultural competency and activities that move youth toward self-sufficiency and becoming productive and socially responsible adults.

For more information please contact Lynda Aaron at (804) 643-2717 or by email at laaron@wbch.org

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