We need your help recruiting for the YouthBuild Program! We are currently looking for a Program Assistant and a Vocational Teaching Assistant! YouthBuild is a 34 week workforce development program that helps youth set and achieve employment,...
We want to extend a huge thank you to the administrative professionals that help our agency run smoothly day-to-day! We appreciate the work you do! Lisa Ackner – Program Assistant, ECS Griswold Heights Pam Ciano – Program Assistant, Program Operations Kayci...
Our 2019 YouthBuild Troy cycle celebrated their accomplishments with a graduation ceremony at Hudson Valley Community College last week. The full photo album is available on Facebook.
A Day in the Life of Shamirre Byrd Sr. Single father of 2/Age: 22 Welcome to our YouthBuild Member profiles, in which our YouthBuild members capture a day in their lives. I start my day around 6:45, I get up and shower. I take a few minutes, stare in the mirror and motivate myself with […]
A Day in the Life of Kay Murray Welcome to our YouthBuild Member profiles, in which our YouthBuild members capture a day in their lives. ” I wake up every morning feeling like I don’t want to get up, and I want to go right back to sleep. But knowing that I have somewhere to […]
CEO is excited to announce the granting of a $1.1M grant from the US Department of Labor that will fund a formal agreement between CEO YouthBuild program and the YouthBuild Schenectady SEAT Center. This partnership will bring SEAT’s programming expertise to YouthBuild students in Rensselaer County, offering the expanded, wrap-around support so successful in Schenectady County. Read the […]
Community members attending the Troy Area United Ministries annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast on Monday morning were in for a real treat. Eight of our YouthBuild members performed civil rights songs with CEO artist in residence, Natalie Merchant to the packed room. In addition to the songs of hope and […]
The latest “Day in the Life” post is up on the CEO blog! Read along as we follow Angiela DeWitt, a recent YouthBuild graduate, and Weatherization Laborer as she spends her day on a work site as part of the Weatherization Assistance Program.
Our YouthBuild Workforce Development Specialist, Sean Morrissey, was featured in Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s newsletter last month! Check it out and read about how the Chamber has helped CEO’s YouthBuild program make connections.
Congratulations to Katrina Solomon who serves as one of our Head Start Family Advocates and Jim Gardner who serves as a YouthBuild Educator for truly going above and beyond in all areas of their work! The CEO Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) program was developed to identify and acknowledge employees for exceptional performance or significant contributions related […]