WIOA Out-of-School Youth Employment and Training Services

The Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) of Oyster Bay-North Hempstead-Glen Cove requests proposals for the provision of education, employment, training, and youth development services for out-of-school youth ages 16-24 residing in the Town of Oyster Bay, Town of North Hempstead or City of Glen Cove. Services will be funded in accordance with resources coming from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and supportive services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workforce they need to compete in the global economy. Working within the youth age range, the LWDB seeks proposals from community organizations that will center youth to increase visibility to training, employment, and/or support services while navigating career goals and pathways. The LWDB seeks to fund innovative and effective programs and/or partnerships that demonstrate close collaboration with youth and community stakeholders in order to:

• Conduct comprehensive, up-front assessments resulting in customized service/career 1 of 4 plans; • Facilitate participant linkages to critical work supports and barrier removal resources internally and externally among community and business partners (including legal, adult education, behavioral health, and transportation partners); • Deliver quality work readiness training, soft skills training, referral to training, and placement/job retention approaches; • As appropriate, dependent upon candidates' determined level of readiness, broker participants' respective access to training and/or coaching leading to placement in an initial work opportunity or referral to an occupational skills training program. (The proposed training approach must include a soft skills component); • Support youth in obtaining the vital documents necessary to enroll in occupational skills training and obtain meaningful employment; • Address alternative learning access to align with post-pandemic modalities; and • Implement innovative youth employment programs with an emphasis on behavioral health, entrepreneurship, youth leadership advisory, etc