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1. Applicants Name: Metro Community Ministries Inc.
2. Project Title and Purpose: Urban Leaders-Providing Year-Round Personal Development Workshops, Mentoring, and Summer Work Experience Opportunities.
3. Applicant Type: Intermediary.
4. Description of the Target Areas to be Served: Target areas are Weldon, NC, San Diego, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Richmond, VA. These are urban areas plagued by high levels of crime and poverty, with additional factors of gang violence, drug activity, and addiction, and homelessness.
5. Target Area Age Group and Number of Participants to be Served: 15-18 year-olds, and a total of 350 participants to be served.
6. Intended Beneficiaries: Justice involved youth, high school dropouts, youth living in high poverty, high crime areas, families, communities, schools, and mentors.
7. Funding Level Requested: $4,000,000.
8. Total Cost per Participant: $11,428.57 average.
9. List of Subrecipient and Activities: MCMI-Virginia, MCMI-Atlanta, MCMI San Diego, MCMI Weldon. Activities include urban leaders forums: weekly peer-to-peer activities with mentor facilitators, mentoring, leadership, work experience, and career readiness.
10. Justice and Prevention Partners: Virginia: Office of the Commonwealth Attorney and A Better Day Than Yesterday. Georgia: Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and JESTES. California: Office of the District Attorney and San Diego Department of Probation and Youth Development Inc.
11. Brief Summary: Metro Community Ministries, Inc. (MCMI) will work with affiliates as subgrantees in each location to provide training, placement, and retention assistance. Youth served will reside in the target areas and are those who have been expelled from school or have had juvenile or adult justice contact, and one or more of the risk factors identified in the solicitation. The program will focus on basic services, paid work experience, mentorship and leadership development, and placement into educational opportunities. Paid work experience will be offered during the summer months, with other services incorporated into the Urban Leaders core program design throughout the year. Urban Leaders will be delivered using elements of effective mentoring practice while incorporating added educational and employment readiness components.
12. Proposed Outcomes: MCMI anticipates meeting performance goals throughout the life of the grant and into follow-up. Education employment rate - second quarter after exit: 70 participants will be placed into secondary education or employment in the 2nd quarter of follow-up, including job, apprenticeship, military, or post-secondary education. Education employment rate - fourth quarter after exit: 60 participants will be placed into education or employment opportunities during the fourth quarter of the period of follow-up. Median earnings - second quarter after exit: $5,750 median earnings for those youth placed into employment during the second quarter after exit. Wages will be verified through check stubs, employer verification, or other available documentation. Credential attainment: 50 participants will obtain entry-level credentials as they continue through the program. Measurable skills gains: 70 participants will demonstrate measurable skills gains through pre-post TABE, progress through training, educational attainment, progress reports, and semester grades.

Metro Community Ministries

17.270 - Reentry Employment Opportunities

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

Office of Workforce Investment [DOL - ETA]

Georgia United States

State-Wide

Growth Opportunities (FOA-ETA-22-03)