New Hampshire Recovery for Summer Youth Employment Services funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds and Workforce Investment Act.
Project “New Life”
A unique program and opportunity for eligible young adults in Manchester, New Hampshire, to gain dynamic employability skills and work experience while being paid for nine weeks of summer 2009
An Initiative of the Grant Partners
- Workforce Training Resources, LLC (WTR)
- In partnership with:
- City of Manchester
- Office of Youth Services (OYS)
- Intelitek Inc
- Makin’ It Happen Coalition
- Another key grant partner is the Makin' It Happen Coalition for Resilient Youth. The mission of the Making’ It Happen Coalition is to create a coordinated community response among individuals, organizations, businesses and communities to promote positive behaviors that measurably improve the health and well being of our youth, with a focus on alcohol, tobacco and o ther drug prevention. Since 1997, Makin’ It Happen Coalition has accomplished its efforts through continued engagement of a wide array of community stakeholders on behalf of youth and adults in the Greater Manchester Area.
Over the past 10 years, the Coalition has successfully engaged partners in both environmental and programmatic interventions that have lead to a strong decrease in reported use of marijuana, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, as well as consistent increases in both perception of risk and perception of disapproval among students in the Manchester School District. The Coalition has successfully implemented a variety of direct services that have impacted the young people of Manchester. The Manchester Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) has been and continues to be one the coalition’s most successful program in which dozens of youth each year are enrolled into a year long leadership and development program. In addition to MYLP, the Coalition also facilitates the City’s only youth lead coalition, YouthNET. YouthNET is a coalition of young people who work to improve Greater Manchester through civic engagement, peer mentoring, and volunteer activities.
- Greater Manchester Chapter, American Red Cross
- New Hampshire TeamBuilding
- Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority
- Salvation Army
- Boys and Girls Club
- NHWorks
- Other youth service agencies, employers and supporters from the Manchester and New Hampshire Community
The strongest aspect of the New Life Summer Program is in its partnerships. The grant applicant, employer of record and coordinator of this projects marshals resources that currently successfully manage and operate over $35 million in USDOL contracts, some 1,400 staff and train thousands of youth annually. Project New Life is a collaboration between OYS, Making’ It Happen Coalition, New Hampshire TeamBuilding the Manchester Boys and Girls Club, the Salvation Army, the Greater Manchester Chapter of the American Red Cross, the, Manchester City Parks and Recreation, SkillsUSA, Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Intelitek Inc, and the grant applicant Workforce Training Resources with Education Training Resources.
The grant partnership seeks to successfully attain the objectives of the grant, building for our 45 Manchester participants a “New Life” and creating a youth summer program model for New Hampshire communities. |
