Request For Proposals  |  YOUTH ROC 2009-2010

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc. d/b/a JOB1 Business and Career Solutions is accepting responses to an RFP for program implementation and operation of up to 6 youth-development programs in the following 8 parishes: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Plaquemines, St. James, St. John and St. Charles. The projects will employ young people in construction-related and green jobs while providing a number of enhancements to their lives. The RFP can be downloaded from this web site or picked up at JOB1 Business and Career Solutions, 2330 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Responses are due July 30, 2009.

Download RFP  |  RFP Release Date:  June 30 2009 | Proposal Due Date: July 30, 2009

Important Announcement: Bidders Conference, July 15, 2009, 10:00 a.m.

JOB1 will hold a bidders conference for the general public. We will be answering questions about the NEG/YouthROC RFP in an open forum from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Wed. July 15, 2009, at JOB1's main office, 2330 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Please RSVP to this event by sending an email pgraham@job1no.com  on or before Friday, July 10, 2009.

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Request For Proposals | Operation Youth Works 2009 Summer Programs

OPERATION YOUTH WORK 2009 SUMMER PROGRAMS FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUNDS MAYOR’S SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FUNDS

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, ARRA (H.R.1), commonly referred to as the “stimulus package.” The Bill provides dedicated funding for Training and Employment Services, explicitly including grants to states for youth activities, including summer jobs. States and localities are encouraged to use as much of these funds as possible to operate expanded summer youth employment opportunities during the summer of 2009 and provide as many youth as possible with career exploration and summer employment opportunities.

Propoal Information : RFP Operations Youth Works 2009 | Preliminary List of Employers / Worksite
Question & Answer : Q & A Operation Youth Work 2009

Youth Training Opportunities

YouthROC (Youth Rebuilding Our Community) is a multi-organizational effort that places disadvantaged youth on construction sites and in green jobs throughout the New Orleans area. While our youth are enrolled, we ensure that they receive job-readiness training, educational advancement, counseling, social-skills improvement, and long-term employment.

Our youth receive the added advantage and personal fulfillment of rebuilding Katrina- and Rita-damaged housing in their own communities.

YouthROC is run by a collaboration of entities, dedicated to finding employment for citizens and developing new job pathways for the New Orleans area: Goodwill Industries, JOB1 Business and Career Solutions, and the Workforce Investment Boards of Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John, St. James, and Jefferson Parishes.

We currently manage and support the community-level efforts of the following top-notch organizations in the metro area: The Hope Center in Jefferson Parish, the St. James Parish Department of Human Resources, the Arc of Greater New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, City of Hope in St. Bernard Parish, and Louisiana Technical College in St. Tammany Parish.

In New Orleans we support: Limitless Vistas, the Recovery School District, the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, and Catholic Charities.

YouthROC is currently transitioning into its second phase. If you are an out-of-school youth, aged 16 to 24, and if you would like to work and train in one of our great programs, please check this page again in August 2009 for registration information.