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http://womenfamilies.org/
169 Colony St.,
Meriden, CT 06451
Tel: (203) 235-9297
Fax: (203) 237-7571
WFC provides a variety of educational, crisis support and childcare programs designed to improve the quality of life for women and families.
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WFC Project REACH In-School Empowerment (RISE)
February 3, 2014
RISE will provide low-income high school juniors and seniors, who have been truant or at-risk of dropping out, with essential tools needed to achieve their individual educational goals. The program includes: After School Tutoring, Academic Coaching, Skill Development, Empowerment Workshops, Leadership Opportunities, and Externships.RISE offers intensive case management to enhance participants' opportunities for educational success. Academic skills will be improved with academic coaching, study groups and access to math and reading tutors.
Work preparedness will be achieved through job readiness workshops, and externship experiences. Externships are valuable opportunities created by employers willing to invest in our youth. Externships are two weeks in length, ten hours per week. The youth earns minimum wage pay for the externship with wages being paid by WFC. The employer invests by providing space and opportunity for our youth to be exposed to, and explore fields of interest. In addition it is our hope that the youth receive mentoring during the two-week externship--planting seeds conducive to a positive future.
Students will also have opportunities to gain understanding of, and exposure to the benefits of post-secondary education. Empowerment workshops will help youth embody the positive attitude needed to endure and achieve; especially during externships where youth will be working side by side with professionals in professional settings, and in many situations dealing directly with public.
The RISE advocate will be a constant support for both the youth and employer during the externship by: making frequent site visits and maintaining contact with youth to ensure they are prepared with any and all essentials needed to complete a successful externship.
RISE works to empower the youth by offering educational programming coupled with preventative and supportive assistance empowering the youth with wrap-around services conducive to achievement. For more information please call John 203-235-9297 x133 or via email jjohnson@womenfamilies.org.
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