interim program Updates
Youth Training & Wellness Project XCEL MENTORING NETWORK JUNE 2022 - JUNE 2023 Xcel partnered with Families First of Palm Beach County to provide mental health services and has forged partnerships with the Boys & Girls Club, Propel, Cason United Methodist Church, the Department of Juvenile Justice, The Soup Kitchen, Autism After 21, and other organizations to recruit youth and young adults for their mentoring programs with industry professionals, career and character development training, and skilled apprenticeships. All participants receive mental health evaluations and must successfully complete a soft skills program before training in the construction and automotive trades is provided. Mobile Training Units positioned around the county provide the setting for learning skills in carpentry, electric, plumbing, automotive, welding, virtual design, and HVAC.
South County Sings for Healing YOUNG SINGERS OF THE PALM BEACHES MAY 2022 -MAY 2024
Key Impacts 70 Enroll 70 children for upcoming season August 1, 2022 Executed contract for rehearsal space December 2, 2022 16 children sang at Boynton Beach Tree Lighting established groups. Advanced singers can also participate in ensemble performances at community and nonprofit events. Participants will learn musicianship, multi- culturalism, linguistics, life skills, and teamwork while having fun singing with their friends. Children from the program sang at the Boynton Beach Tree Lighting in December 2022. Young Singers will replicate its successful youth performance choirs at the Boynton Beach Cultural Arts Center with 100 children from southern Palm Beach County. The new choirs will produce 2 south county concerts a year, in addition to performing at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts alongside other
Key Impacts
100% of youth participants matched with mentor of participants had passing school grades 100% Remained crime free 95% youth recruited and assessed as of November 2022 18
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