A NEW SERVICE BEING IMPLEMENTED

A Summer Youth Teen Employment Center
8309 Scenic Highway
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70805

The Summer Youth Teen Employment Center is a newly developed three year matriculation certificate program for At Risk Youth Teens that will provide job readiness skills training in the warehousing industry.

Vision:
To provide the community with productive and successful citizens for a positive future.

Mission Statement:
Empower and train At Risk Youth Teens the values of hard work ,earning your own income legally, education and postive character life skills.

Collaborative Partners:
8th District A.M.E. Hurricane Relief Center

The Hurricane Relief Center is a non-profit 501c3 faith based organization which was organized in 2005 due to the arisen need in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The distribution center provides, direct aid and information community resource material to individuals and families that are survivors of disasters. The corporate office is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Louisiana satellite site is located inside of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 6175 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Project Jumpstart LLC
Project Jumpstart LLC is a newly created non-profit service organization whose mission is to assist and empower impoverished individuals and families in the areas of education, housing, job skill training, financial literary and family planning. This organization is temporarily located at 4547 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The organization's primary funding is from private, corporate and individual donations.
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Western New Orleans /Baton Rouge District Ministerial Alliance
The WNOBR Ministerial Alliance is a non-profit faith based organization that consists of 20 churches which serve a ten parish area across the state of Louisiana with five of those churches located in the East Baton Rouge Parish.

Rev. M. J. Black, Jr. is the Presiding Elder. Rev. James Palmer, Sr., pastor of Green Chapel A.M.E. Church located at 4245 North 32nd Street, Baton Rouge Louisiana is president of the organization. The organization's primary funding is supported by its member pastors and congregational lay members across the district.

The 8th District A.M.E. Hurricane Relief Center in collaboration with Project Jumpstart LLC and the WNOBR Ministerial Alliance ( a coalition of 20 churches which serves ten parishes in the state of Louisiana including the rural parishes of St. Helena, Tangipahoa, West Feliciana, and East Feliciana) will provide apprenticeship opportunities for At Risk Youth Teens age 13 to 17 in the area of warehousing. This program will provide teens the opportunity to work during the week, after school and on weekends to access job skills and training in the areas of : inventory control, shipping and receiving, forklift operation, professional development and managerial training.

Case Management:
The leading agency is Project Jumpstart. This module will be used to identify and address social service needs for the enrolled teens and their family.

Mentoring:
The leading agency will be the WNOBR Ministerial Alliance. The opportunity to participate in the GED and home school program will be available as an alternitive solution to fulfilling the mandatory education entry guideline.

Job Placement:
The Leading agency will be the 8th District AME Hurricane Relief Center. This module of the program will emphasize matriculation of the enrollees into the corporate and private workforce in the are of warehousing.

A referral network of community social service resources will be utilized to assist the student in the development of life character building skills. All applicants will be enrolled and screened through an intake process. A family need analysis will be done and reviewed upon acceptance to the program. Hands on training of shipping and receiving, inventory control, loss risk management and safety and forklift training will be provided in the warehouse of the 8th District Hurricane Relief Center. Classroom courses of professional development along with the extensive study of basic math, english, reading and computer literacy will be offered during the length of the program. Stipends will be provided to the teens on a bi-weekly basis during their 3 year period of enrollment in the summer program.