Ez grant report 2

Hill Cooperative Youth Services, Inc. Omar Xavior R. Ford Program Coordinator/21 Futures

Report on Empower New Haven Grant June-August 2002 •

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Location, dates, and times of sessions o Beginning January of 2002 Hill Cooperative Youth Services at 158 Carlisle St, New Haven CT. will hold job readiness training for youth 1319. o We are open Mon-Fri, 6:00 pm –10:00 pm. Focused workshops are held 7:00 pm-8:00 pm each day, i.e. “Job Readiness”, “Resume Building”, “Conflict Resolution”. Young people have access to computer lab between 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Update on outreach and recruitment strategies to at-risk youth population In conjunction with the Housing Authority, Hill Cooperative Youth Services has acquired 10 additional youth to participate in 21 Futures “Job Readiness” program. These addition youth all come from the “Eastern Circle” housing project.

Update on the establishment. Innovative connection with the private business sector for placement o Some summer youth have gone on as participants in the WEA program.

Outreach done to attract businesses Number of individuals employed and a list of business participation o To date: 7 youth have been hired at various business locations including Hill Cooperative Youth Services, Burger King, and the UCONN Extension. 16 youth assigned summer employment.

Assessment of improvement in basis competencies in math, reasoning, writing, compatibilities, clear speaking, and listening skills o Each youth participating in the program fills out an “assessment” form. o Each youth participating in the program has to provide current copy of their report card. Based on their report cards, we can assess what basic skill the youth possesses as well as what basic skill the youth needs help to improve. As well as report cards, we have outside consultants to provide conflict resolution skills, decision- making skills as well as other employability skills.

Attendance at educational activities o Each youth is required to sign in daily. The scheduled workshops rotate on a monthly basis and include computer literacy classes.

Individual Evaluation of youth participant employment/apprenticeship placement

o Darrin Gass – Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Darrin worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implement ing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 boys ages 11-12.

As Darrin’s direct supervisor, I found Darrin to be a very hard worker, welling to accept additional duties. I have found that sometimes Darrin takes on too many other responsibilities and sometimes looses focus on what it is he is responsible for. o Phillip Dennis – Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Phillip worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsib le for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 boys. Phillip understands the “chain of command” but when felt unfairly treated will challenge directions. o Deniqua Brunson – Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services.

Deniqua worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 girls. Deniqua had some family related issues that sometimes filtered over into her day to day work with the children. She would ask if there is someone who she could talk with, but sometimes if that help did not come fast enough, it would effect her work. o Dereck Allen - Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Dereck worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 boys. Dereck works hard and plans good events for his group, but is easily distracted from his tasks. Sometimes his personal issues prevent him from doing his job. Dereck has been late on several occasions as well as missed staff meetings without any explanation. o Ebony Morgan - Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Ebony worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 girls. Ebony has worked with Hill Cooperative before and is very familiar with policies and procedures. Ebony always comes to work with a smile on her face and made sure her children were happy. o Bryan Augustine - Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Bryan worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 boys. Bryan

worked well with his group, but was easily distracted and sometimes left his group un-attended. There were also complaints from administrative staff about Bryan’s job performances. Bryan has also missed deadlines for staff meetings as well as for turning in paperwork. o Daniel Bland - Employed at Hill Cooperative Youth Services. Daniel worked 6 wks as a summer camp counselor. Responsible for planning and implementing recreational activities for his group as well attending weekly staff meetings and filing required paperwork for 10-15 boys. Very attentive to his group. Willing to take on added duties.

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Employment site salary o Hill Cooperative Youth Services $6.75 per hour Hours of employment placement o Hill Cooperative Youth Services workers are hired to work 20-37 hours a week.

Length of employment to date o Youth currently working at Hill Cooperative Youth Services have been employed since June 2002