23A60CP000069

Project Location: Seattle, King County, Washington

Project Purpose and Goals:
To support the expansion of workforce development efforts for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability in King County, Washington, providing additional career pathways, enhanced and new partnerships, and comprehensive aftercare and retention support.

Goal 1: Diversifying and Strengthening Career Pathways
Goal 2: Increase Employment Outcomes for Young People

Activities to be Performed:
The project will:
- Support and strengthen YouthCare's existing career pathways by providing funding for additional staff in YouthBuild, customer service training, workforce navigators, and education navigators, as well as stipends for subsidized internships.
- Plan and develop a new construction and design, sector-focused, career pathway to diversify career opportunities for young people and develop new partnerships and linkages to employers, post-secondary educational opportunities, and other workplace development opportunities.
- Support the attainment of skills and credentials through the existing and new pathways to ensure young people are ready for employment and workplace development opportunities.
- Provide young people with workforce training programs with client success navigators who will provide ongoing skills training and follow-up support for clients who attain employment in order to improve long-term job retention and career success.
- Prepare and outfit classrooms in a new workforce development center with updated, accessible learning tools and technology to support workforce development and career pathway training.

Expected Outcomes:
The program expects to serve 180 young people with workforce development services in the first year of the grant, 225 in the second year, and 280 in the third year.

Goal 1: Diversifying and Strengthening Career Pathways
- Of the young people working towards a GED, 50 will attain a GED.
- Of young people working towards a GED, 75 will complete 1 GED test, demonstrating progress towards GED.
- Of young people in a workforce training program, 75 will attain 1 sector-focused credential.
- Of young people in a workforce training program, 75 of young people will gain measurable skills.
- Of young people in workforce training programs, 80% of each cohort will complete the program.
- 12 new service-aligned partnerships will be formed annually.

Goal 2: Increase Employment Outcomes for Young People
- Of young people who completed a YouthCare workforce training program, 75 will attain employment within 90 days of exit.
- Of young people that attained employment after receiving workforce services, 60 will retain their job 6 months after exit.
- Of young people that attained employment after receiving workforce development services, 50 will retain their job 12 months after exit or reengage in YouthCare workforce services.

Intended Beneficiaries:
Youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability in King County, Washington.

Subrecipient Activities: N/A

Youthcare

17.289 - Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

King, Washington United States

County-Wide

Community Projects ETA/Congressionally Directed Spending Grants (TEGL-03-22)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 05/31/26 to 12/31/25.