Youthworks

Culinary arts program: delivers hands-on paid training, teambuilding and social skills and professional culinary and hospitality career path skills, industry credentials and college credits to youth and young adults ages 16-24 through commercial-kitchen production of daily meals and vending of meals to after school programs, homeless shelters, preschools, and offers catering services for events, private business and private groups.

Environmental restoration corps program: delivers paid hands-on training, practical environment and habitat knowledge and skils, teamwork, leadership and social skills, and professional career path skills attainment to youth and young adults ages 16-24 through engagement in local and regional environmental restoration, river and watershed habitat restoration, wildland fire mitigation, and land management projects.

City of santa fe affordable housing trust fund: the city of santa fe's affordable housing trust fund works proactively with the public, nonprofit, and private sectors to increase affordable housing opportunities for santa fe's low- and moderate-income residents, addressing the needs of all residents from the homeless to the renter, provides rental voucher assistance, utility bill assistance and eviction prevnetion funds assistance. Youthworks is an ahtf recipient and distributes specific asset funds to citizens who can prove the need for assistance in order to avoid homelessness.

Flex fund program: the city of santa fe's community services department initiated a response to the economic instability caused by covid-19 pandemic with funds, "flex funds" to assist individuals and families with housing, transportation, food, utilities and other survival needs that arose due to pandemic workplace closures. Youthworks was a partner agency with the city of santa fe in this project, and distributed funds to those who's situations proved the need for specific funding assistance.

Juvenile community corrections prevention and intervention program: delivers positive youth development-focused community based services, education assistance, job training and placement, referral resources, life skills and social skills training for youth and their families who have been referred to such services by regional juvenile probation officers and the court system.

Case management and resource referral program: city of santa fe and santa fe county community service divisions contract for safety net and resource referral navigation services for youth, young adults and their families needing social support services, including but not limited to transportation, food, legal advocacy and referral, childcare, medical/dental care, household items, and government issued identification to gain greater life stability.

Thriftworks- a customer service/retail management training and certification programfor youth trainees via the operation of a thrift store by the organization. The thrift storeis a satellite venue of the organization where the public can donate used goods andpurchase items to contribute to program income that supports youth training in customerservice/retail as a social enterprise operation.