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nite change to the local workforce.
“Trade work has alw ays, in the
past, been a place mostly made up
of white m en,” she said. “So we
are trying to diversify the trades
and make more opportunities for
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m inorities.”
Young explained there are four
pre-apprenticeship programs that
get women and minorities into dif
ferent trades, one includes Con
structing Hope.
Daniels said an elimination of
these resources would have a sig
nificant impact on her small organi
zation.
"It is going to be a challenge for
all job training skill development
programs, especially the small ones,
and even more so for the people we
serve,” said Daniels. Although Con
structing Hope does not directly
receive funds from under the WIA,
she explained everyone will be im
pacted because federal dollars break
down to state and local dollars.
“Larger organizations are better
equipped to compete for the same
d o lla rs,” she explained. “This
doesn’t allow us to build capacity
within our organization, and with
out funds we could be closing our
doors.”
A c c o rd in g to Y o u n g , the
amount o f construction has gone
down since the recession, which
is causing contractors to find it
difficult to use apprentices on
their jobs because some of their
long-standing em ployees are also
out of work.
But even in the dark economic
times, Daniels explained how her
organization is creating a collabora
tion of Community Workforce agree
ments to get large construction com
panies to donate a percentage to
their training, which the construc
tion companies take out of their own
pockets. In fact, she explains, all of
the pre-apprenticeship programs are
now collaborating around these
agreements.
Although many organizations are
waiting day by day to see the affects
of cuts for apprenticeship programs,
the importance of finding ways to
cater to minorities in the workforce
is becoming increasingly recognized
as important.
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