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Renee Mallory, Group’s human resource manager, hosted an employment workshop for Kittrell #JobCorps (NC) Culinary Arts students and says she’s so excited to hire JC students. One thing is for sure: #CareersBeginHere. 👩🏾🍳
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Thank you for recognizing the role of #NationalService in investing in American workers and making our communities more resilient through a Climate Corps. We look forward to working with you to make that a reality. #CivilianClimateCorps
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NEW: Our Committee is releasing its final report on key climate accomplishments & opportunities for #SolvingTheClimateCrisis.
It’s a reminder that this fight must continue — guided by science, rooted in justice & powered by American workers. 
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An apprenticeship readiness program, welding center (visited by ), scholarship opportunities, and a partnership with activist and rapper are some of the things that make Georgia Building Trades Academy (GABTA) YouthBuild unique!
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Michael Smith visited GCF’s Howard Eco-Hub! After a tour & demo, Michael spoke about the importance of serving our communities & fighting for liveable member wages. Corps Members rallied📣"Fired Up! Ready to Serve!" #civilianclimatecorps
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We’re thrilled to see announce a $90 million funding opportunity in Program Grants to provide educational guidance to #OpportunityYouth in communities where barriers to basic academic and career skills development exist.
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We’re glad to see partnering with maritime industry employers to invest in job training & #workforcedev for young people.
Learn more: bit.ly/PortofSeattleM
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Congratulations to and #CarolinaAcross100! Cross-sector partnerships are important to #ReconnectYouth, and it’s exciting to see this support from for #OpportunityYouth: bit.ly/UNCFunding
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Exciting news for #OpportunityYouth in Atlanta! While visiting Georgia Building Trades Academy (GABTA) YouthBuild in Atlanta yesterday, Mayor Andre Dickens announced his plan to double down on his commitment to developing Atlanta’s workforce.
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Mayor @AndreForAtlanta visited the Georgia Building Trades Academy’s YouthBuild Program, which offers construction training to Atlantans aged 16 to 24. Mayor Dickens encouraged the young participants to continue to work hard to achieve their goals.
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With 4.8M #OpportunityYouth nationwide, it’s going to take innovative partnerships at all levels to #ReconnectYouth. We’re glad to see and maritime industry employers partnering to invest in youth employment and training.
Learn more: bit.ly/PortofSeattleM
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Check out these Blitz Week photo highlights! Our Corpsmembers participated in forklift training, driver’s ed, recycling training, and life skills training. These new skills are preparing them for success with the Corps and success in life!
#youthdevelopment #greenjobs
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Through #nationalservice and volunteerism, invests in new and innovative ways to engage communities and foster a sense of action and belonging. Read more about the $6.6 million #Volunteer Generation Fund investment:
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#Shareworthy: We're thrilled to award 18 organizations with $6.6M+ in funding from our Volunteer Generation Fund to bolster #COVID19 response, student mentorship for @nps_success & more through #Volunteerism. Read more about this investment: Bit.ly/VGF22.
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Programs like that #ReconnectYouth need increased investments to reconnect the 4.8 million #OpportunityYouth in the USA. We’re glad to see this $90M funding opportunity for YouthBuild Programs from !
📣 Great news! awarded UNC-Chapel Hill $665,000 from to #ReconnectYouth with good-paying employment opportunities through their #CarolinaAcross100 initiative . Learn more here: bit.ly/UNCFunding
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Apprenticeships are one pathway to #ReconnectYouth and build the youth employment pipeline.
We’re excited to see this new partnership between and to expand apprenticeships and support #OpportunityYouth:
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🌟Meet Michael Cruse, a graduate. Michael enrolled in the Jacobs Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center to earn his H.S. diploma & he's now on track to become a forestry technician!👏
Michael's journey & accomplishments👇
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“[ was] the opportunity to learn something that would allow me to be independent financially.” – Emilie, Blue Ridge #JobCorps (VA) alumna
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Apprenticeships help #OpportunityYouth gain valuable workplace knowledge. By increasing these opportunities in Maine; programs can pay dividends many times over for workers, their families, businesses and Maine’s economy.
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Learn why the focus of the "Our State, Our Work" program is on connecting young adults to living wage employment opportunities. ow.ly/I0vv50LV8kX #CarolinaAcross100 #livingwage #jobs #education #servicetostate #UNC
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“Twenty years later, I’m still carrying that commitment to take action, seek common ground and strengthen communities.”
Learn more about the lifelong impact of : bit.ly/AmericorpsNati
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Engaging young people and #OpportunityYouth in #NationalService can be a powerful way to build employment pathways while fostering a lifelong commitment to service.
Read more about impact in Sacramento:
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#NationalService programs like can be a powerful way to #ReconnectYouth. The goal is to increase the number of North Carolinians with high-quality educational credentials and degrees by 2030. Learn more in this report. bit.ly/MyFutureNC
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Check out our latest Featured Program to discover how Job Point's YouthBuild ( ) students learn about conservation, while earning employable skills and working towards their goals!
#BuildingBrighterFuturesTogether #YouthBuildMovement
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We're constantly inspired by Corps programs operated by and for #Tribal communities.
This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, find out how Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps provides vital water delivery services to those in crisis.⤵️
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#NationalService is one pathway to #ReconnectYouth that uplifts both young people and addresses community needs.
Learn more about how is combating food insecurity in this new blog from :
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"Shared learnings from within the session included: insights into the pervasive negative impact of the pandemic on the #mentalhealth of young people; discussion about a lack of supportive spaces outside of the home; and unpacking barriers to accessing resources."
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In case you missed it: on Monday, November 14, #YouthBuild alumni, YouthBuild USA staff, and the @SchultzFamilyFd came together in a dynamic conversation bridging philanthropy and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opportunity youth. youthbuild.org/youthbuild-alu
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Hope you can join us & on Thursday at 2pm ET to hear how states are utilizing #nationalservice to build a pipeline to #cleanenergy jobs. We'll be joined by leaders from & more!
RSVP here: brookings.edu/events/service
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"We are experts in our experiences and in our solutions." Hikma Sherka, OYUnited
#GOYN #OpportunityYouth
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"Our State, Our Work" teams were asked to create a short video capturing the story of a young adult who is or was at high risk for becoming an Opportunity Youth. This blog features 5 of these "Stories of Thriving." ow.ly/kQtr50LQbzt #CarolinaAcross100
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"AmeriCorps challenged me to think of service less as a hobby and more as a lifestyle" - alum Robyn Purchia. Read more in this profile of the NCCC program & servicemembers making a difference: comstocksmag.com/web-only/call- #AmeriCorpsWorks #GetThingsDone #Stand4Service
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In 2020, committed $2M funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to support new AmeriCorps VISTA members to combat hunger.
We’re glad to see ARPA funds support a program helping to #ReconnectYouth.
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Serving and engaging veterans and military families is one of ' focus areas, and can see a return of up to $17.50 to communities and the government for every federal dollar invested in the veteran support program.
Learn more bit.ly/AmeriCorpsVete
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#FlashbackSaturday **
Thankful & Grateful to and for the opportunity . I will always remember advocacy is important & the importance of opportunity youth programming , service opportunities and employment . Can’t for the next opportunity 💫
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WIOA funds are helping young people get access to job training and support to find employment.
Learn more about how DOL Deputy Secretary Julie Su and are centering equity while unleashing the power of the with this new campaign:
bit.ly/WIOACampaignTo
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"This is the place to be if you need just that little push in your life to get to your goal” – Corps Alum and East Valley Program Coordinator, Aracely Farias, on what she’s learned during her time with the Corps.
Thank you, Aracely, for sharing your story with the Corps!
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#NationalService is a powerful path to #ReconnectYouth.
Learn more about how is using data and evidence to increase the impact of national service grants in more than 40K locations to make government investment as effective as possible: bit.ly/AmeriCorpsColl
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#NationalService programs have long played a role in environmental resilience efforts in local communities. On Dec. 1, hear local, state & federal leaders discuss how to develop a talent pipeline to fill new clean energy infrastructure positions. Register: brook.gs/3TNQkrc
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As we wrap up #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, we are still loving these responses from ! What does apprenticeship mean to you? #NAW22 #YouthBuildTheFuture
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Are you passionate about youth advocacy? Turn that passion into action by becoming a member of the Reconnecting Youth Campaign.
Join the coalition & work with us to advocate for programs that support #OpportunityYouth: reconnectingyouthcampaign.org/join-us/
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For every federal dollar invested in #DisasterRelief conservation efforts across the country, there’s a return of up to $12 that contributes to building disaster resilience and reducing the time and cost of disaster relief.
Learn more: bit.ly/AmeriCorpsDisa
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