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Career T.E.A.M. & South Bronx Partner on Release of New Career Empowerment Curriculum

Bronx, NY, April 25, 2005 - Career T.E.A.M., a national leader in workforce development consulting announced today that it has been contracted by the South Bronx Job Corps Academy (managed by ResCare, Inc.) to upgrade and infuse its new and expanded Career Empowerment curriculum into the South Bronx program.

South Bronx is a top performing facility, and long-standing client, whose goals and objectives support our vision of empowering youth to self-sufficiency. Commenting on the benefits derived from incorporation of the curriculum, Center Director, Anita Cardella stated, "The integration of the modules has changed the dynamics of our CPP program; trainees are more engaged and seem to better see the value of the 60-day introductory period…they are better prepared…and have a good foundation of commitment to the entire process with the end in mind - employment."

The newly designed curriculum represents a melding of Career T.E.A.M.’s core training materials and companion Career Coach 6-CD Kit into a dynamic, interactive and transformational curriculum that increases program and job retention, placement ratios, and overall performance. Most importantly, Career Empowerment provides critical soft/job skills training, while supporting the Job Corps PRH requirements. "…our pre and post placement measures have improved – we are enjoying a graduate placement rate of 112.9%. The most dramatic improvement of our statistics has been the post placement measures – 88.8% of goal for 6 month, and 78.2% for 12-month follow-ups. We attribute these improvements to the trainees’ true commitment to securing and maintaining employment when they leave, and believe the Career T.E.A.M. materials have assisted us in our facilitation of those critical skills", says Ms. Cardella.

Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) to address the multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth throughout the United States. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 originally established Job Corps, and is provided for under Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act. Private companies operate each of the more than 124 Job Corps campuses nationwide.

According to Career T.E.A.M. Director of Business Development, BJ Thomas, "the collaboration with South Bronx Job Corps Academy (ResCare) serves as a foundation for sharing Career T.E.A.M.’s established best practices for changing the lives of America’s youth, while constructing a proven ‘success model’ for Job Corps Centers across this nation. We are very excited about this project."


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Career T.E.A.M. & South Bronx Partner on Release of New Career Empowerment Curriculum Bronx, NY, April 25, 2005 - Career T.E.A.M., a national leader in workforce development consulting announced today that it has been contracted by the South Bronx Job Corps Academy (managed by ResCare, Inc.) to upgrade and infuse its new and expanded Career Empowerment curriculum into the South Bronx program. South Bronx is a top performing facility, and long-standing client, whose goals and objectives support our vision of empowering youth to self-sufficiency. Commenting on the benefits derived from incorporation of the curriculum, Center Director, Anita Cardella stated, "The integration of the modules has changed the dynamics of our CPP program; trainees are more engaged and seem to better see the value of the 60-day introductory period…they are better prepared…and have a good foundation of commitment to the entire process with the end in mind - employment." The newly designed curriculum represents a melding of Career T.E.A.M.’s core training materials and companion Career Coach 6-CD Kit into a dynamic, interactive and transformational curriculum that increases program and job retention, placement ratios, and overall performance. Most importantly, Career Empowerment provides critical soft/job skills training, while supporting the Job Corps PRH requirements. "…our pre and post placement measures have improved – we are enjoying a graduate placement rate of 112.9%. The most dramatic improvement of our statistics has been the post placement measures – 88.8% of goal for 6 month, and 78.2% for 12-month follow-ups. We attribute these improvements to the trainees’ true commitment to securing and maintaining employment when they leave, and believe the Career T.E.A.M. materials have assisted us in our facilitation of those critical skills", says Ms. Cardella. Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) to address the multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth throughout the United States. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 originally established Job Corps, and is provided for under Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act. Private companies operate each of the more than 124 Job Corps campuses nationwide. According to Career T.E.A.M. Director of Business Development, BJ Thomas, "the collaboration with South Bronx Job Corps Academy (ResCare) serves as a foundation for sharing Career T.E.A.M.’s established best practices for changing the lives of America’s youth, while constructing a proven ‘success model’ for Job Corps Centers across this nation. We are very excited about this project."