Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) Initiative Awardees
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
NOTIFICATION OF AWARD
NAME OF PROJECT: Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) Initiative
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AWARDEES:
AWARD AMOUNT
YMCA OF THE USA 101 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
$179,157
National 4-H Council 7100 Connecticut Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815
$180,705
SER Jobs for Progress National, Inc. 1925 W. John Carpenter Fwy. Suite 575 Irving, TX 75063
$173,041
Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc. 1415 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122
$180,704
Academy for Educational Development 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20009
$ 99,977
YOUTHBUILD USA 58 Day Street Somerville, MA 02144
$ 86,416
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
Eighteen (18) Months from date of execution
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
This initiative targets youth workers, those professionals
who work or will work in youth programs delivering services to young people as front-line staff, to become apprentices in registered apprenticeship programs. The vision of occupation recognition and apprenticeship for youth workers is to provide quality training opportunities for youth workers who deliver comprehensive services to young people in order to maximize our investment in young people, in youth programming and in the workforce development system.