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Partner4work also oversees the allegheny county earn and work ready programs, which are funded by temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) and the supplemental nutrition program (snap) through the pa department of human services (dhs). These programs are designed to assist adults in transition from public assistance to the workforce. The earn and work ready programs provide case management, job preparation, career development and job retention services to eligible tanf and snap participants. Both programs aim to decrease dependency on public assistance and establish self-sufficiency.

Partner4work establishes and supports industry partnerships in key sectors in allegheny county's economy, including construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, health care, and informationtechnology. These industry partnerships bring togetheremployers, training providers, and other industry champions to build strong employer-driven solutions to workforce development challenges. Together, these industry partnerships will explore, register, and expand registered apprenticeship programs; build equity strategies to ensure that workers historically excluded from the labor market have access to career pathways and family sustaining jobs; work to improve the pipeline of youth who are aware of good jobs in these fields; and improve job quality across industries. Examples of programs supported by partner4work include bankwork$, pre-apprenticeship construction training, apprenti cybersecurity and software development registered apprenticeships, freedom house 2.0 and medical assistant training, and mechatronics registered apprenticeship programming. Partner4work will begin thebuilding equitable pathways to infrastructure jobs in southwestern pennsylvania program in 2023, working to build an ecosystem of registered apprenticeships in critical fields, including ev technician and cybersecurity.priority population programming is integral to partner4works approach towards holistic program design and ethical inclusion of all jobseekers. The bulk of our team's workload currently focuses on individuals that are in recovery from substance conditions and job seekers who have criminal records. Our team is unique in that we act as an innovative and experimental space for testing small scale pilot programs for specific populations. While operating several finite multi-year programs, we evaluate gaps in the service area and create sustainability recommendations. With that in mind, each fiscal year is different depending upon opportunities released and awards received. During 2022, our team was responsible for actively administering two programs, one for individuals incarcerated at allegheny county jail, and one for jobseekers impacted by substance conditions. Across these initiatives, we've funded 12 providers, all with programming designed specifically for the target population. As a direct result of these programs parnter4work facilitated the first pre-release occupational training programs present at the allegheny county jail in over 5 years, credentialing four cohorts of currently incarcerated individuals. Similarly, our initiative targeting job seekers in recovery resurrected the offering of free certified recovery specialist training, which had not been available in the county for several years prior. A significant amount of priority population work lies in developing community partnerships, acting as experts in several stakeholder groups, and acting as liaisons to all partner4work programs and initiatives that may include reentrants, individuals in recovery, and other priority populations such as refugees and immigrants.

Learn and earn "summer youth employment program" is a premier summer job program for young adults ages 14-24 in allegheny county and city of pittsburgh. Through this community effort we've been able to provide 1500 2000 young adults each year with opportunities to gain 21stcentury workforce skills, develop professional and social networks, all while becoming successful members of our regional workforce. Learn and earn is made possible by the leveraging of knowledge and resources from a network of public and private funders, employer partners, providers, and community partners. The program is administered by partner4work, in partnership with allegheny county (dhs) and the city of pittsburgh. Learn and earn provides young adults with (1) a centralized point-of-entry, which eliminates the need for youth to fill out numerous summer job applications; (2) work-readiness training that instills positive work behaviors and ethics. In addition, learn and earn providers have added financial literacy as part of their work-readiness training; (3) paid work experiences that align with growing occupations in the pittsburgh region; (4) wrap-around support, including mentoring and case management, and; (5) training and technical assistance for program providers, including access to an online program management database. Learn and earn helps to develop future talent for local business, while working with local business to adapt to the learning abilities of young adults. Partner4work continues to be a key developer of partnership to ensure that we're offering career-readiness classes and developing pipeline opportunities for high school students. Example of this: partnering with companies such as pnc on theirpartnerupprogram, which offers career-related classes to high school students. Learn and earn continues to provide young adults with hands-on learning opportunities to help prepare them for real-world experiences. Additionally, the program continues to help connect out-of school youth (high-school graduate, dropouts, and ged learners, etc) to full-time employment.