April 16-17, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
(For DOL YouthBuild grantees only)
The DOL YouthBuild TA Collaborative is proud to announce the DOL YouthBuild Conference designed for DOL YouthBuild grantees. These conferences are designed to be regional but are open to any DOL YouthBuild grantees around the country. This conference will include:
- Announcements and grant opportunities for YouthBuild programs
- In depth courses for new and experienced YouthBuild programs
- Peer learning sessions
- Time for action planning
The DOL MIS support team will be providing computer lab times during the conference where one on one support will be provided. If you have questions about the DOL MIS system, reporting requirements, or want to practice using your program’s MIS test system, come to the open computer lab. This computer lab is optional to all participants but we encourage you to come and expand your knowledge of the MIS system. Please check the conference agenda for specific times. For more information, contact: MISsupport@youthbuild.org.
Schedule
Click to download the current agenda for the DOL YouthBuild Conference.
Courses Offered (choose one)
Connecting with Your Regional Workforce System
Building a regional workforce system requires collaboration among a diverse set of public and private partners. Partners typically include representatives from education, workforce agencies, social service organizations, employer and economic development agencies. This course will focus on strategies for connecting YouthBuild sites to their regional workforce systems. In particular, the course will provide an orientation to regional workforce development; an understanding of how YouthBuild can contribute to and benefit from being a part of the system; and strategies for positioning YouthBuild programs in their own regional workforce systems.
This course will incorporate both presentation and hands-on exercises. Speakers will share promising practices and will encourage participants to use their own sites and regions as a laboratory for learning. Participants will leave with a set of action steps to be applied when they return to their home regions.
Learning Objectives
- An understanding of the workforce development system with a particular focus on the roles of workforce agencies, community colleges and employers.
- An understanding of the ways in which YouthBuild programs can fit into a regional workforce development partnership.
- A strategy for positioning YouthBuild programs as a partner in regional workforce development.
Facilitator: Julian L. Alssid, Executive Director, Workforce Strategies Center
About Workforce Strategies Center
WSC works with education, workforce development and economic development agencies to develop strategies to help students and workers succeed and regional economies grow. WSC has helped over 20 states develop workforce competitiveness, including six states that have implemented WSC’s “career pathways” approach.
WSC works with state and national leaders to develop effective education and employment policies that complement one another in order to better align public resources. As an applied think tank, WSC conducts research and writes about what we learn in order to advance the field of policy and practice.
Targeting High-Income/High-Demand Placements
Targeting High Income/High Demand Placements: “Pre-Placement Preparation = Post-Placement Retention… While targeting high-income/high-demand placements is critical for youth to gain access into career opportunities, the process begins with effectively preparing youth to thrive in them. “Are They Really Ready to Work?” is one of many mass employer surveys that show that universal soft skills and “the right attitude” are still cited as the most important to employers. This workshop will focus on both the development of youth and high-income/high demand career opportunities. At the conclusion of the trainings, all staff will have the knowledge required to:
- Create a culture of achievement in youth through effective delivery of soft-skills training
- Integrate Job Readiness and Job Development components into one seamless initiative
- Use business indicators that help to determine career choices for program participants and apply a demand-driven strategic approach to career exploration.
- Utilize various free web-based tools to access and analyze labor market trends to meet business demands in high-growth industries.
- Sell your participants to employers of hi-growth occupations.
Facilitator: Charles Modiano, Skills4Youth, LLC
About Charles Modiano
Charles Modiano currently works as a training and technical assistance advisor or “coach” to national workforce development and foster care agencies throughout the nation. In his previous experience, Mr. Modiano has been able to reach out to youth and young adults in multiple and diverse capacities in order to prepare them with the skills that will assist them in leading productive, self-sufficient lives. These capacities include:
• Professional Development: Mr. Modiano currently trains youth practitioners on effectively providing independent living and self-sufficiency skills through Essential Employment Skills for Youth (EESY). Before launching EESY, he served as the Project Director for the National Youth Development Practitioner’s Institute (YDPI), whose goal was to develop the professional knowledge, skills, and commitment of frontline youth development practitioners in youth serving initiatives across the nation. Through primarily week-long national and regional sessions, YDPI trained over 3000 youth workers on the best practices in the areas of youth development, youth employment, and strengthening families.
• Policy Background: Prior to YDPI, he served for three years on the Technical Assistance and Field Services Team in the Office of Youth Opportunities within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) where he supported the Youth Opportunity Grants and the Youth Offender Demonstration Grants initiatives in a variety of capacities.
• Direct Service: Prior to joining DOL, Mr. Modiano directed the day-to-day operations for five youth programs at a multi-service community-based organization in New York City which specialized in serving homeless youth, youth in foster-care, and youth involved in the juvenile justice system. His experience included a variety of frontline positions as group facilitator, counselor, and program coordinator which enabled him to successfully prepare youth in computer literacy, educational/GED preparation, job readiness, job development and various Independent Living Skills (ILS). Programs initiatives included STRIVE, the Carrera Teenworks Program, Options Center, and WIA/JTPA formula-funded youth employment initiatives. The greatest highlight of this experience was the creation and development of Teen JobSuccess Academy, an initiative aimed solely at youth in foster care. TJA’s success was based on it’s recognition of all of the great assets and survival skills that young people in the foster-care already possess.
Mr. Modiano holds bachelor degrees in Social Sciences and Psychology and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree. He currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Home Builders Institute PACT Certification Training
Home Builders Institute, the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders and a technical assistance provider for YouthBuild grants is pleased to offer a certification course for its Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Training Curriculum (PACT). YouthBuild Construction Trainers who participate will be certified to offer this industry recognized and validated Pre-apprenticeship Certificate to graduating students. Included in this session will be the various curricula support materials along with segments on lesson planning, the design of effective training stations, the instructor's role in job placement, job site safety management and a preview of the re-validated & computer based revision of the PACT. If your students are graduating your YouthBuild program with out a recognized vocational certification, this session will be a positive step toward enhanced graduate and job placement outcomes.
Facilitators:
John Hattery, Director, Home Builders Institute
Steve Cousins, Program Manager, Home Builders Institute
About John Hattery
John Hattery is the Director for Youth Programs, Craft Skills Department at the Home Builders Institute. John has been a Work Force Development professional for 11 years working with at-risk and adjudicated youth for the Home Builders Institute. In the preceding years, John worked with adjudicated youth at most levels of juvenile justice involvement. Combined with a life-long connection to the construction industry, these experiences have allowed John to lead the effective implementation of Home Builders Institute’s Project CRAFT training programs for youthful offenders in 17 sites in Florida, New Jersey, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois. In addition, John was also responsible for implementing HBI’s recent training effort funded by the U. S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Labor Services Office. The 21st Century Craft Skills program involves the establishment of innovative apprenticeship programs in Atlanta, Albuquerque, and Columbus, Ohio. John has a B. A., Sociology, McDaniel College (Formerly known as Western Maryland College).
About Stephen Cousins
Steve Cousins is the Program Manager for HUD/Youthbuild TA Agreement, Craft Skills Department at the Home Builders Institute (HBI). Stephen has been a Work Force Development professional for 7 years working with at-risk youth for the Home Builders Institute. The first six years with HBI Stephen worked as an instructor teaching at-risk youth for HBI’s Job Corps Department and then as a manager. As a manager Stephen worked to advance program improvement outcomes and developed employer linkages to build training curriculums and provide employment opportunities for graduates. In the preceding years, Stephen worked in the residential construction industry for 18 years. He started as a carpenter’s helper and worked his way up to a site superintendent, managing historic residential remodeling and building new homes in the Washington DC metro area. In addition, Stephen was also responsible for implementing HBI’s instructor support committee designed to assist instructors by offering new instructor training, providing training sessions at conferences to update instructors with new educational and programmatic materials.
Substance Abuse: Inner and Outer Change
This training will include the historical perspective, research and application of motivational methods and cognitive behavioral therapy. A brief update on the latest adolescent research, particularly as it pertains to substance abuse, will be covered. The participants will be given an overview of CSAT’s Cannabis Youth Treatment Study of Five Interventions, including the study design, baseline data and follow-up data analysis. The participants will understand the research that supports the validity and reliability of these methods.
Motivational Interviewing, including the research history, trans-theoretical framework, applications and skills practice will provide the background for the subsequent Motivational Enhancement Therapy developed. Motivational Interventions, including FRAMES, Decisional Balance exercises, Developing Discrepancy and flexible pacing will increase the participant’s ability to facilitate better outcomes with clients. Stages of Change Model, including comparison of confrontational versus motivational models and defense mechanisms, will allow participants to assess the client’s baseline and progress toward treatment goals.
Participants will participate in exercises in order to practice the Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy manualized intervention in particular.
Cannabis Youth Treatment Series is an evidence-based, best practice clinical research guide for therapists and counselors in applying Motivational Enhancement Therapy. MET is grounded in the clinical approach known as motivational interviewing. It identifies the various 'stages of change' according to Prochaska and DiClemente. This model is a particularly useful tool if you work with resistant populations.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:
1) Discuss and apply basic motivational principles in a clinical and substance abuse prevention setting.
2) Name and describe the various phases of a motivational session.
3) Define and structure motivational sessions in substance abuse prevention and intervention for youth.
4) Identify the various 'stages of change' according to Prochaska and DiClemente to facilitate change.
Facilitator: Marvin Coleman, Operation PAR
About Marvin Coleman
Marvin Coleman is the Vice President of Community Relations for Operation PAR where he has been employed since 1998. He was initially recruited by Operation PAR, Inc. to design and implement the Respond Services Call Center, the single point of access to all Operation PAR services, and currently serves as the primary contact for all press and media contacts, the Employee Assistance Program and marketing for the Orasure Oral Fluid Drug Testing Program. Mr. Coleman is the Host and Co-Producer for “PEP Talk” a public access show executively produced by Operation PAR that focuses on prevention, education and participation in the community.
Mr. Coleman has worked in the substance abuse and mental health field for over 15 years serving in many capacities from direct counseling to evaluation and administration. In 2005 Mr. Coleman was appointed by Pinellas County Commissioner Kenneth T. Welch to the Pinellas County Drug Paraphernalia Abatement Taskforce. He currently serves as Chairman of the Human Services Advisory Board for St Petersburg College, and is a committee member for The African American Center of Excellence Advisory Board and the St Vincent DePaul Human Services Block Grant. He also serves on the alumni committee for the Leadership St Petersburg Program.
Mr. Coleman is currently a Nationally Certified Trainer in Motivational Enhancement, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Family Support Network through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Chestnut Health Systems and MayaTech Inc. For the past year, Mr. Coleman has served as the Project Expert / Trainer for the Texas Department of State Health Services implementation of Family Support Network. Mr. Coleman holds a Masters of Arts in Psychology from Trinity University, a Bachelors of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, Addictions Counselor, and Emergency Medical Technician Certifications, and is also a Certified Trainer for OraSure Technologies Laboratory Drug Testing Systems.
OPTIONAL SITE VISIT SEMINAR- LA CAUSA YouthBuild
April 18, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Programs may also choose to attend an optional Site Visit Seminar to LA CAUSA YouthBuild. In this seminar, programs will get an opportunity to see an excellent YouthBuild program in operation with a special focus on leadership development. Space for the Site Visit Seminar is limited.
Beginning with a tour, site visit participants will be introduced to the community and culture of LA CAUSA. Participants will be exposed to games and exercises that will challenge their perceptions of young people and their YouthBuild program.
Facilitated by staff, graduates and members LA CAUSA’s team will lead exercises that will introduce participants to our “cause.”
Schedule
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About LA CAUSA
Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity Social Justice & Action(LA CAUSA) is a youth and community development organization that creates opportunities for youth to engage in transformational leadership opportunities. Reflecting its name, LA CAUSA’s mission is to engage historically disenfranchised young people and their families in the struggles to identify and take action against the injustices that impact low-income communities of color. We foster within our participants a commitment to social justice, and we nurture a variety of skills necessary to act as agents of transformational resistance. We do this through the creation of an inclusive and supportive community, culturally relevant instruction that teaches youth a critical understanding of social and economic forces that have created the conditions they currently experience, and a curriculum that is grounded in historical struggles for change.
Although, LA CAUSA is an acronym for Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice & Action, it literally translates into “The Cause.” By using the YouthBuild model, leadership developments has become LA CAUSA’s “cause.”
LA CAUSA has fostered leadership development among young people by challenging traditional forms of leadership and encouraging young people to "think outside the box" by looking at their lives and identifying acts of leadership that may be considered non traditional forms of leadership. In using interactive activities, games and lessons, LA CAUSA deconstructs traditional leadership roles and begins to construct a collective definition of what “leadership” means for historically disenfranchised young people. By using techniques LA CAUSA engages their members to become active participants in their community.
Event Location
Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina
300 N. Harbor Dr
Redondo Beach, CA 90277-2552
1-310-318-8888
Hotel Reservations
The "YOUTHBUILD" group rate for this event is $139 plus tax for single or double occupancy. We encourage attendees from the same organization to pair up in rooms whenever possible in order to share housing costs.
The reservation cutoff date is March 22.
After this date, our discount group rate will expire, and standard rates will apply. Contact the hotel directly by calling 310-318-8888 and inform the representative that you are with the "YOUTHBUILD" group in order to qualify for the group rate and to be listed as an attendee at this event. While some choose to put this off until the last minute, we strongly advise you to make your reservation today!
Travel Details
Book your air travel to arrive into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) based on the events you are attending. Taxi fares to the hotel average $15 one way.
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