{"id":112970,"date":"2023-03-23T16:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=112970"},"modified":"2023-03-23T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:54:49","slug":"barger-and-partners-work-to-bring-workforce-training-to-antelope-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2023\/03\/23\/barger-and-partners-work-to-bring-workforce-training-to-antelope-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Barger and partners work to bring workforce training to Antelope Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LACo Supervisor Kathryn Barger meets with a Lost Angels Children’s Project participant in Lancaster. [Contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER –\u00a0Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger<\/strong> recently hosted the seventh quarterly Antelope Valley Key Stakeholders meeting at the Antelope Valley Union High School District.<\/p>\n

A variety of partners attended the planning session on Wednesday, March 22, to strategize how to offer a range of no-cost employment and training services to job seekers with an emphasis on promoting county jobs to individuals who live in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wholeheartedly support the work this group has underway,\u201d Barger said. \u201cThese stakeholder meetings, born out of a motion I authored, bring together agencies who can offer career opportunities for at-risk youth in North County and equip them for good paying jobs. There\u2019s room for everyone at this planning table \u2013 nonprofits, the public sector, and private agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Antelope Valley Key Stakeholders\u2019 partners have successfully connected local disadvantaged youth with apprenticeships and jobs with employers, including Northrop Grumman, Amazon, and Edwards Air Force Base. Wednesday’s meeting highlighted the youth job preparation work underway by Kollab Youth<\/em>, a nonprofit that provides virtual and in-person mentoring and career exploration programs for at-risk teens.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Kollab Youth program focuses on leadership, social and emotional wellness, skill building and offers career exploration for underserved youth,\u201d said Kollab Youth Chief Executive Officer Mary Hewitt<\/strong>. \u201cOur program empowers youth so they can find employment, gain valuable job skills and give back to their communities.”<\/p>\n

Lost Angels Children\u2019s Project<\/em> also attended the meeting to share about their program, which offers former foster youth, those facing homelessness, those impacted by the justice system, and first-generation citizens with career readiness training and holistic services. A majority of graduates of the program go on to make $25 an hour at worksites in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

Attendees at Wednesday\u2019s meeting also included leaders from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Resources, and the county\u2019s new Department of Economic Opportunity.<\/p>\n

[Information via news release from the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.]<\/em><\/h6>\n

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