Green Collar Jobs Apprenticeship Program
Thanks to funding from the City of Santa Fe, ¡YouthWorks!, in partnership with the Santa Fe Business Alliance, EarthCare International and the Santa Fe Community College, is excited to announce the Santa Fe Career Coop Green Collar Jobs Apprenticeship Program. This program brings disenfranchised at-risk youth into an integrated service system aimed at addressing environmental issues while providing skills/educational assessment, job skills development, and employment opportunities necessary to offer these youth a higher quality of life in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Career Coop Green Collar Jobs Apprenticeship Program will place graduates from the Santa Fe Youth Corp into paid "mentored-internships" with local, independent businesses and contractors working in industries affecting the environment and the community for 4-6 months. During the four months of paid on-the job training, every participant will work one-on-one with a YW Job Coach on a weekly basis. In addition, each cohort will be enrolled in a three-credit "Sustainability Studies" class through the Santa Fe Community College taught by ¡YouthWorks! and EarthCare International.
The Santa Fe Career Coop Green Collar Jobs Apprenticeship Program helps prepare students for college and career success by building basic skills including: literacy, math, research, computer, study, time management. The program helps students develop Future Economic Opportunity Plans, delineating relationships, skills, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that will contribute to future success. Students are introduced to key issues regarding sustainability and the emerging "green economy." They are engaged in critical thinking around key global/local issues, teambuilding activities and events, and leadership opportunities.