Can you afford to miss this event? Not when today’s discussions focus on current and future needs of the workforce. Join your colleagues from across all local and state workforce development communities to discuss and explore the talent pipeline of today and tomorrow.
Workshop Sessions will Include:
Improving One Stop Employer Services
Creating a Workforce Regional Network
Providing Employment and Support Services to Job Seekers with Disabilities
Ex-Offender Programs
Linking Program Management and Performance with OSOS
New NYS Sanction and Incentive Policies
Collaborations with Your Adult Literacy Partners
Program Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Working With Challenging Customers
and much more...
Featuring Plenary Speaker: Edward DeJesus
THE 8 LAWS OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. Got MySpace? Many youth programs are finding it difficult to reach youth with a message about the importance of education, work experience, and positive attitudes. They are using 8-track strategies in a MP3 World. National youth expert, Edward DeJesus will highlight the 8 Laws of Youth Engagement. Based on focus groups with disconnected youth in five cities and a recent YDRF survey of more than 300 video gamers, DeJesus will provide attendees with ideas for the design of an effective system for youth engagement. Learn more: Visit http://www.ydrf.com and take the Youth Engagement Survey and learn more about the 8 Laws of Youth Engagement.
About Ed DeJesus While many adults struggle to reach urban, inner city youth with services and supports, Edward DeJesus, Founder, President, and CEO of the nation’s pioneering youth policy and advocacy firm: The Youth Development and Research Fund (YDRF), actually makes it look easy. He has been reaching youth with a message that parents and educators have been trying to convey for years: education and work experience makes a big difference. DeJesus is the author of Countering the Urban Influence: Reclaiming the Stolen Economic Fortunes of America’s Youth. For the past twenty years, DeJesus has committed his life to working with youth who need options beyond the streets. He has directed several major youth initiatives in the South Bronx, Harlem and Washington Heights sections of New York City. Learn more about Ed DeJesus.
Who Should Attend
Workforce Board Members, Directors, Staff; One-Stop Managers and Staff; One-Stop Partner Agencies; Education, Training, and Service Providers; and System Stakeholders.
You are responsible for making your own room reservations and paying lodging expenses. The HYATT Room Block is filled. The two overflow hotels are: The Comfort Suites 716-854-5500 and the Holiday Inn 716-886-2121. Both hotels room rate is $86. To receive this special group rate, reservations must be made by 10/7/07. Be sure to say you are with the NYATEP Conference.
