JOB CORPS By Lesly Diaz, Homestead Job Corps Center Business and Community Liaison On June 21 Homestead Job Corps Center (HJCC) held its quarterly Community Relations Council (CRC) meeting. The meeting honored outgoing CRC Chairperson Sharon Haxton of Chapman Partnership and...
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Homestead Job Corps Center holds Health and Safety Fair
By: Lesly Diaz, Business & Community Liaison Homestead Job Corps Center (HJCC), operated by ResCare, hosted a Health and Safety Fair on June 15 to celebrate Job Corps’ Universal Safety Week. More than 30 employers and community agencies set up booths in the...
Community, Family and Education at Homestead Job Corps Center
Article written by Marjorie Lopez, Director of Education Services - East Coast SIATech Charter High School On September 20, 2011 SIATech and the Homestead Job Corps Center hosted an Open House event for community and family members so they could observe both the...
Maya Angelou’s Grandson Inspires Students in Homestead Job Corps Center SIATech English Class
by Andrea Loring On August 26, 2011 SIATech at Homestead Job Corps Center had a special guest speaker. Mr. Elliot Jones, Director of Community Engagement at the Miami Children's Initiative, spent the afternoon in the English lab. He read some of his favorite poems...
U.S. Representative David Rivera Joins Homestead Job Corps Center Students, Staff, Community Leaders on National Job Corps Commencement Day
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 U.S. Rep. David Rivera joined local officials, business leaders, Job Corps staff, students and their families to congratulate 73 graduates from Homestead Job Corps Center. The ceremony was part of National Job Corps Commencement Day. In...
Job Corps students volunteer with Congresswoman Frederica Wilson at Congressional Black Caucus “For the People” Jobs Initiative held in Miami
Over fifty Job Corps students from Homestead and Miami Job Corps Centers volunteered at the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) “For the People” Jobs Initiative hosted by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson on August 23, 2011 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, FL. The...
SPEND SOME TIME AT HOMESTEAD JOB CORPS CENTER REACHING FOR THE STARS
Homestead Job Corps Center STARS program recruits volunteer speakers, tutors and mentors to assist the HJCC students. Volunteer Juanita Richburg Seon, owner of Curtain Call Unlimited, mentors HJCC Medical Records student Taquesha Miller. Ms. Seon states “the...
Reservists partner with Homestead Job Corps to clean up community
by Senior Airman Lou Burton 482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, FL -- Air Force Reservists and civilian employees from Homestead Air Reserve Base partnered with Homestead Job Corps to assist in a community road-side clean up on July 28,...
HJCC, Community service groups meet with area businesses
By Gary Alan Ruse The July 14, 2011 monthly meeting of the Cutler Bay Business Association (CBBA) was a departure from the usual presentation by business advisers, government leaders, utilities planners or political candidates. The meeting topic was community services...
A Night To Remember for Homestead Job Corps Center Students and Staff
On Friday, April 29, 2011 Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life held at Homestead Hospital. In addition to raising over $2,200 for cancer research, Homestead Job Corps Center staff and students...
Homestead and Miami Job Corps Students Spend the Day with Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen
On June 9, the bridge between South Florida youth and US government leaders united when 4 students from Miami and Homestead Job Corps Centers met with Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen and shook hands with her prestigious visitor, former President of Honduras, Ricardo...
Homestead Job Corps Graduate Encourages Others to “Be Your Own Person”
Charles M. recently completed the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Homestead Job Corps Center program. At age 24, Charles is mature beyond his years. “From what I’ve been through, I’ve learned it’s better to be different and your own person than to follow others.” He speaks...
Homestead Job Corps Students volunteer with Economic Development Council
On February 25, 2011, nine students from the Homestead Job Corps Center (HJCC) and Mr. Dwayne Wilson, Career Transition Specialist at HJCC, volunteered at the Economic Development Council (EDC) of South Miami-Dade’s 13th Annual Golf Tournament. The tournament was...
APPRECIATION OF HOMESTEAD JOB CORPS CENTER SHOWN BY BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS
Jasmine Nails and Kiara Velez-Lopez may be very different; however, one thing that is the same is their appreciation for Homestead Job Corps Center (HJCC) and its staff. Current HJCC student Kiara Velez-Lopez receives guidance from HJCC Admissions Counselor Alba...
Homestead Job Corps graduate attributes success to school
Josiah Frederick is the Director of Central Supply at Brookwood Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Homestead, FL. Frederick takes his job seriously and does not take this Director’s position for granted. Frederick came from Trinidad to Homestead only several years...
Rose Jean’s SUCCESS “BY THE BOOK”
Rose Jean came to the United States from Haiti at the age of 18 with an 11th grade education. “I remember when I first came here, they didn’t want to take me in public high school because of my age, and I tried everything to get that high school diploma. I took the...
A great start for a New Year for Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff
An audience of 500 Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff members actively participated in a workshop presented by Eli Wilhide, Senior Performance Strategist for Anthony Robbins Company. This interactive workshop –Turning Knowledge into Action- is most often...
Homestead Job Corps Center hosts Chamber’s New Teacher Reception
On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 the Greater Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce Business & Education Committee hosted its annual New Teacher Reception at the Homestead Job Corps Center. Representatives from many South Dade businesses and schools were in...
Homestead Job Corps Center participates in Veteran’s Day Parade
The Veteran’s Day Parade has been a Homestead, FL tradition since 1946. In addition to over thirty Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff, there were many ROTC and Junior ROTC units plus the VFW and American Legion. A total of sixty units took part in this...
Homestead and Miami Job Corps Centers join America’s largest day of service
On Friday, October 22, 2010, in honor of Make A Difference Day, Homestead Job Corps Center and Miami Job Corps Center will be collaborating with Roots In The City, led by Dr. Marvin Dunn, in a beautification service project for the Overtown community. Roots In The...