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
Tags: Capital Region Workforce Investment Board, Career readiness, work force services, youth services
