National Youth Employment Coalition: PEPNet Builders and Promising Programs

PEPNet Builders and Promising Programs

PEPNet Builders are programs serving young people between the ages of 14-25 that have:

Completed the online PEPNet Quality Self Assessment
Developed a plan for using the Quality Self Assessment results for improvement (programs may use the online PEPNet Improvement Action Planning Tool or any other format of their choosing) and
Completed and submitted the PEPNet Builder Certification Form

These programs are recognized by the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) and receive the PEPNet Builder designation for their commitment to continuous improvement. They receive a certificate of recognition and will be listed as PEPNet Builders on NYEC's website and in an announcement in the NYEC members' newsletter, YouthNotes.

The PEPNet Builder status recognizes programs for their dedication to self assessment, program improvement and quality practices. Programs are encouraged to highlight their Builder status in communications with funders and other stakeholders to underscore their commitment to quality programming.

A PEPNet Promising Program is a program that submitted its application for the PEPNet Recognition Process and met the criteria for Purpose and Activities and at least two of the remaining four former PEPNet criteria categories. This designation represents certification of promising approaches and the demonstration of a committment to quality programming and continuous improvement. Promising Programs have not been designated since 2003, the last time PEPNet completed its recognition process, which is currently being updated.

** Indicates a program that went on to receive recogntion for quality practices, the PEPNet Award.

2005 PEPNet Builders

Youth Opportunity System North Marion Consortium (Gervais, OR)

2004 PEPNet Builders

Pathways to Success for Youth, Buffalo Public Schools Adult Education Division (Buffalo, NY)
Youth Opportunities Program, Latin American Youth Center (Washington, DC)
Sweetwater Union High School District - In-School Youth Get Ready Program (Chula Vista, CA)

2003 PEPNet Promising Programs

Empower Youth Program, California Family Life Center (Hemet, CA)
Northeast Louisiana Delta Youth Opportunity Movement (Monroe, LA)
Sacramento Local Conservation Corps (Sacramento, CA)
Stepstone Institute, Stepstone Productions (St. Louis, MO)

2003 PEPNet Builders

Albany/Dougherty Community Partnership (Albany, GA)
Brockton Rise Youth Opportunity Center (Brockton, MA)
City of Memphis Youth Opportunity Movement (Memphis, TN)
CIMC Youth Opportunity Program (Sacramento, CA)
** Civic Works Inc. (Baltimore, MD) **
EarthCorps (Seattle, WA)
Northeast Louisiana Delta Youth Opportunity Initiative (Monroe, LA)
Louisville Youth Opportunity Network (Louisville, KY)
Oglala Lakota Nation (Pine Ridge, SD)
Pennsylvania Conservations Corp (Harrisburg, PA)
Project Steps of Success (Brawley, CA)
** San Jose Conservation Corps (San Jose, CA) **
Sweetwater Union High School District - Out-of-School Program (Chula Vista, CA)
Tulare County Conservation Corps (Visalia, CA)
West Seneca Youth Bureau - AmeriCorp (West Seneca, NY)
YES, Youth Engaged in Success (Boise, ID)
Youth Opportunity Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
Youth Opportunity Detroit (Detroit, MI)
Youth Opportunity Hartford (Hartford, CT)
Youth Opportunity Houston -Work Experience Initiative (Houston, TX)
Youth Resource Development Corporation (Poughkeepsie, NY)

2002 PEPNet Promising Programs

Arizona CALL-A-TEEN Youth Resources, Inc (Phoenix, AZ)
** Center for Employment Training Youth Initiative (San Jose, CA) **
** Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement (Los Angeles, CA) **
Manufacturing Support Occupations Work-Based Learning Process; Caterpillar Inc., Mossville Engine Center (Mossville, IL)
North Carolina REAL Enterprises, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Workforce Preparation Program; Women in Community Service, Inc. (Poulsbo, WA)
** Youth Development Initiative; Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (Rochester, NY) **

2002 PEPNet Builders

** Conservation Corps of Long Beach (Long Beach, CA) **
Greater Miami Service Corps (Miami, FL)
Management & Training Corporation (St. Helens, OR)
** Marin Conservation Corps (San Rafael, CA) **
Mile High Youth Corps (Denver, CO)
North Carolina REAL Enterprises, Inc. (Durham, NC)
** Orange County Conservation Corps (Anaheim, CA) **
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (Ranchos de Taos, NM)
Sacramento Local Conservation Corps (Sacramento, CA)
San Diego Workforce Partnership (San Diego, CA)
Summer Transitions Program, School Board of Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Washington Service Corps (Olympia, WA)
WICS Workforce Preparation Program, Women in Community Service, Inc. (Alexandria, VA)
Youth Conservation Corps, Inc. (Libertyville, IL)

2001 PEPNet Promising Programs

** Our Piece of the Pie; Southend Community Services (Hartford, CT) **
Seattle Youth Employment Program; City of Seattle, Human Services Department (Seattle, WA)
** WAVE and PAVE Services for Youth Services for Youth; MMI, Inc. (Mount Pleasant, MI) **
Will Power to Youth; Shakespeare Festival, National Conference for Community Justice (Los Angeles, CA)
** Youth Career Program; Work Opportunities Unlimited (Contoocook, NH) **
Youth Opportunity Initiative; Friendship House Association (Washington, DC)

2001 PEPNet Builders

** Career Development Program, Bay Cove Academy (Brookline, MA) **