As the end of 2018 approaches, it’s a time for reflection and forward thinking. Below, we review the information that we have shared with the monthly newsletters so far this year. You can reflect on the information shared, as well as the connections to further archived webinar content, by selecting the links below. During our last webinar of the year, we took the opportunity to hear from you as you reflected on what technical assistance has been beneficial to you so far. But also, this final webinar of 2018 was an opportunity to help us to be thinking to the future, as we plan technical assistance deliverables and events for 2019. We want to hear from you about the needs that you have as you implement YouthBuild programming – what technical assistance have you desired that we haven’t yet delivered? Is there a best way you’d like to receive this assistance (in person, through peer networking opportunities, virtual convenings, manuals or toolkits)?
As everyone focuses on New Year’s Resolutions for 2019, we are also committed to our resolutions – mainly, to ensure we continue to hear from grantees about the great, promising, and hard work you are doing in the field. We hope to continue to assist you to develop new innovations – new fields of training, stronger partnerships, direct entry opportunities for apprenticeship. But we also plan to support the ongoing journey of program improvement, both within the YouthBuild programs and the invaluable services they provide to participants and their communities and employer partners, but also to the technical assistance we provide. Here is to a shiny new year, full of growth and opportunity for us all! Happy 2019!
~ Jenn Smith, National YouthBuild Director, U. S. Department of Labor
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