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Home Builders Institute
Project CRAFT - Florida Tadar Muhammad
Program Manager, Workforce Training
Employment Lori Wilkin Program Compliance
Coordinator, Workforce Training
Employment Vocational Education A Motivational
Tool for Success!
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What was your first job?Is that the job you are
in now?What things did you learn from your
first job?When I grow upI wanna be a?
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Success is to be measured not so much by the
position that one has reached in life as by the
obstacles which he has overcome.  Booker t.
Washington
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Why do we do this kind of work?
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National Association of Home Builders

• 235,000 members
• 850 local and state affiliates (HBAs)
• 3 affiliate organizations
• NAHB Research Center
• National Housing Endowment, the Philanthropic Arm
• HBI, the Workforce Development Arm

Washington D.C.
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Home Builders Institute

• Construction trades training
• Job Corps (3,114 students annually)
• WTE (1,000 students annually)
• Job Placement Services

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Project CRAFT - Florida(Community Restitution
Apprenticeship-Focused Training)

• 5 DJJ Residential Programs (310 Students
  Annually)
• Dozier School for Boys (High-Risk Males)
• Okeechobee Youth Development Center (High-Risk
  Males)
• Avon Park (Moderate Risk Males)
• Bristol Youth Academy (Moderate Risk Males)
• Red Road Academy (Moderate Risk Males)
• 2 DJJ Probation Enhancement Services Programs
  (74 Students)
• Orlando (Males or Females Probation or CR Youth)
• Tampa (Males or Females Probation or CR Youth)
• Recognized by National Youth Employment Coalition
  (NYEC) U.S. Department of Labor with PEPNet
  Award

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• PACT Curriculum
• 1. Building Trades Safety First Aid
• 2. Construction Math
• 3. Tools and Construction Materials
• 4. Employability
• 5. Carpentry
• 6. Electrical
• 7. Plumbing
• 8. Brick Masonry
• 9. Landscaping
• 10.Facilities Maintenance
• 11. Painting

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Industry Recognized Credential - HBIs
Pre-Apprentice Certificate
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OPPAGA Report, October, 2007
Among students who did not go to college, overall
income is similar, but students who attended
career academies that lead to industry
certification earn higher incomes. Among the
students of the 2003 graduating class, most who
did not attend college had not yet entered
fulltime employment by 2005. These students
median income for 2005 was 5,397, which was
below the minimum wage of a full-time employee,
11,800. OPPAGA found no overall difference in
the percentage of former career academy and
traditional high school students who earned
incomes above the median. However, a higher
percentage of students who attended career
academies leading to industry certification
earned above the median income.
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National Recognition for HBI

• Project CRAFT honored with PEPNet award as a
  best practice in youth programming

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OUTCOMES
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• Project CRAFT - Florida Outcomes in PY 2009
• Average wage upon placement 8.45/hour
• Placement upon graduation 98 percent
• Community Service 37,987 hours
• Pre-Apprentice Certificates 214
• High School Diplomas 24
• GED
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• Total Students 329
• Project CRAFT students completed almost 40,000
  community service hours between facility repairs
  and new construction. HBI students have saved
  taxpayers more than 273,886 in labor costs to
  DJJ programs and local communities.

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STUDENT SUCCESSSTORIES
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Eric, 18 - Graduated 1/28/08
Eric is working for Outback as a server and
attending Hillsborough Community College. Eric
was a recipient of a grant that paid up to
1,000.00 for summer classes. His goal is to
complete Hillsborough Community College and
attend the University of South Florida. Eric
while attending HBI quit smoking and stated he
could think clearer when he stopped. He earned
his GED while at HBI and became employed soon
thereafter.  Eric is very focused on being the
first male in his family to graduate college.  
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Jonathan, 17 - Graduated 8/1/08
Jonathan is currently attending nursing school
working towards becoming a patient technician.
Once he completes this course, he will start on
his course to either be a dental technician or
RN. Jonathan attended Hillsborough Community
College but really wanted to get started with a
career so he could start making money. He earned
his GED while at HBI. He was in the 7th grade
when he was referred to us. He was referred by
the school district as he missed more than 50
days from his social studies class.
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Ivory, 19 - Graduated 6/30/09
Ivory is currently working at Publix in the Deli
Department. He took his GED Exam two weeks ago
and is awaiting the results. The goal is for him
to learn various aspects of the grocery business
and become a manager to eventually run his own
store as a grocery store manager and move up to a
regional manager. Before HBI , Ivory states he
didn't have any goals and no direction and in his
words thought he end up in prison.
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Mayito, 17 - Graduated 6/30/09
Mayito currently works for the Clean City
Division of Tampa. He took his GED Exam two weeks
ago and is awaiting the results. He really hated
school and stop going in the 8th grade because he
didn't see the point in an education. Mayito is
currently in the process of moving out on his
own.
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• Student Wise, a graduate of the Home Builders
  Institute 2008 Project CRAFT-Tampa, embraces
  Howard Smith, a HBI project coordinator, after
  finishing a facility maintenance program.
  Kenneth Allen, a Hillsborough public school
  teacher, looks on.
• St. Pete Times

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For more information regarding Workforce Training
Employment contact Tadar Muhammad, Program
Manager, Workforce Training Employment,
863-557-5054 or tmuhammad_at_hbi.org. Lori Wilkin,
Program Compliance Coordinator, Workforce
Training Employment, 863-443-1940 or
lwilkin_at_hbi.org. Visit our web site at
www.hbi.org.