Vocational Counseling

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR PERSONS OVER AGE 45 AND OTHER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.

TO FURTHER BY RESEARCH, TESTS, MEASUREMENT, PUBLICATIONS, AND TEACHING, AN UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEINGS AND OF THEIR ACTIONS, BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND IN GROUPS, AND TO MAKE THE RESULTS THEREOF AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

THE MISSION OF OPERATION FRESH START, INC. IS TO EMPOWER EMERGING ADULTS ON A PATH TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH EDUCATION, MENTORING, AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING. OPERATION FRESH START (OFS) SERVES DISCONNECTED YOUTH AGES 16-24 IN DANE COUNTY AND GUIDING THEM ON THEIR PATH TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OFS HAS HELPED OVER 8,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ON THEIR PATH TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND A BETTER LIFE! OFS PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO TRANSFORM LIVES AT A CRITICAL TIME IN A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD FOR DISCONNECTED YOUTH THROUGH MENTORING, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING. OFS GRADUATES EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND DRIVER'S LICENSE, THEN GO ON TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND/OR FIND SELF-SUSTAINING EMPLOYMENT.OPERATION FRESH START IS WORKING TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF LOW-INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED JOB PLACEMENT SKILLS, TRAINING, AND HISET INSTRUCTION FOR IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH AT MULTIPLE SITE LOCATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 600 YOUTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2019.

HOUSING INITIATIVES PROVIDES HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO HARD-TO-SERVE HOMELESS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, PRIMARILY IN THE DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN AREA.

LEAP IS A SERVICE AND ADVOCACY AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. LEAP PROVIDES ACCESS TO BENEFITS & RESOURCES, INDEPEN - DENT LIVING, AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ENABLING PEOPLE WITH DISAB - ILITIES TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND BUILD CAREERS, AND PARTNER WITH EMPLOYERS TO HIRE, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCES.

COMMUNITY BETTERMENT

CLUES ADVANCES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY AND WELL BEING FOR LATINOS BY BUILDING UPON OUR STRENGTHS AND CULTURES, UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND ACTIVIATING LEADERSHIP FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION; INSURING AND PROVIDING THE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED AND HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE

TO PROVIDE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SUMMER CAMPS

Drug-free Workplaces

DEVELOPMENT AND PROMULGATION OF PRECISION MANUFACTURING SKILL STANDARDS, CERTIFIES INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AGAINST STANDARDS, ACCREDITS PROGRAMS THAT MEET QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.

TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILDING OF A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY BY SPONSORING PROGRAMS WHICH BUILD RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS RACIAL AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS.