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<br />88 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />2. Prepare vouth for emer~ing iobs in the energv services and water conservation sectors <br /> <br />The Redwood City Verde Youth Ambassador program will lay the foundation for the creation of a <br />summer Green Job Corp. Creating a robust and sustainable Green Job Corp program will require <br />time and extensive collaboration among multiple partners - community college, high school district, <br />county human services agency, Workforce Investment Board and other youth serving organizations. <br />Redwood City has a history of collaboration and will take a leadership role in bringing partners <br />together to pilot the Verde Ambassador program and assess the feasibility of scaling the program <br />into a comprehensive Green Job Corp program. Collaboration wilt include working together to <br />identify opportunities to link youth workforce development to in-school learning, out of school <br />training programs and community based internships and job placements. Collaborative partners will <br />work together to identify and leverage additional federal, state, municipal and private resources to <br />strengthen and sustain green job opportunities for young people well into the future. <br /> <br />Milestones: <br /> <br />. Convene collaborative partners to develop Redwood City Verde Youth Ambassador program <br />. Work with partners on program design and implementation, resource coordination, <br />recruitment/hiring of Youth Ambassadors, and oversight of summer 2010 implementation <br />. Introduce and integrate training classes on energy efficiency, energy systems, water <br />conservation and sustainability into the Sequoia High School After School program <br />. Coordinate with the proposed Sequoia High School Youth Action environmental research <br />program on the design and development of community energy education marketing materials <br />. Launch summer 2010 Youth Ambassador Program <br />. Assess program for ongoing implementation, including identifying opportunities to transition <br />the program into a Green Job Corp program for youth <br /> <br />Standard Metrics: <br /> <br />Jobs retained: 0 <br />Jobs Created: 0.5 FTE Coordinator and 14 summer youth jobs <br /> <br />Specific Metric Activity: <br /> <br />Workshops, Training and Education <br /> <br />Metric Activity: <br /> <br />Number of workshops, training and education sessions held: 10 <br />Number of people attending workshops, training and education sessions 64 <br /> <br />Program Year Funds by Source: <br /> <br />DOE ARRA Funds: <br />Silicon Valley Community Foundation: <br /> <br />$90,000 <br />$100,000 <br /> <br />10 <br />