Nine Star Enterprises Inc

Nine star's youth workforce innovation opportunity act (wioa) youth program assists at-risk youth ages 14-24 with education and employment services. The goal is to help them remove work and life barriers so they can get a job, keep a job, and advance on the job. 235 at-risk youth were enrolled in education and employment activities; 29 unsubsidized jobs were obtained; 82 began their work experience with subsidized workplace internships. Fy24 also included state funding under the awig grant to supplement training for successful career credentialing.

The adult basic education assists alaskans in preparing to receive a high school credential through ged examination; increase basic skills in the areas of math; english; writing; social studies; and science. It provides english as a second language (esl) instruction for those whose first language is not english. As this is a wioa grant, these services are provided to improve work opportunities and eventual economic self-reliance for the students and their families. These services are provided by nine star in the mat-su, anchorage, & homer regions of alaska. 388 adult education students were enrolled and so far, 37 have earned an alaskan high school diploma through ged examination.

Nine star provides services thru a small contract from the alaska housing finance corporation to help their housing participants get jobs. We also received support from various foundations to fund our net2ladder homeless prevention program that helps job seekers who "walk in" to receive services that help them remove barriers & secure training/employment that leads to financial self-sufficiency. It served 254 job seekers. The net2ladder program serves alaskans that are in poverty, or at risk. The services are the same education & employment services include equipping alaskans for jobs and careers, providing academic skills training, digital literacy skills, soft skills, pre-apprenticeship prep, college prep, esl/ell instruction. 37 gained unsubsidized employment. Follow-up services help these clients get, keep, and advance on the job.