Recent G.E.D. Program Graduate Speaks Out

"The Riverside County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is proud to support the Smooth Transition, Inc. program.  Creating sustainable partnerships will have a direct impact on reducing the teen drop-out rate, pregnancy, homelessness and crime rates.  The WIB looks forward to the success of the Smooth Transition, Inc. program and a longstanding relationship that creates "infinite opportunity, long lasting prosperity" for our workforce"

Ric Olalde - Chairman - Workforce Investment Board

"It has been a great experience working with Smooth Transition, based in Riverside County. The nonprofit organization is transparent and committed to serving the diverse and underserved populations of Riverside County. Ms. Goins has a vision for her agency and she is to be commended for providing sound leadership to her organization -- against all economic and personal challenges.  She has been able to navigate the agency to a point where she has already served 100 students within the first year of operation and is already in the process of developing other Smooth Transition sites around Southern California.  Ms. Goins directs the agency under a clear umbrella of accountability, inclusiveness and foresight. It is not a surprise that her staff, board and her stakeholders support her efforts to bring training, education and mentoring opportunities to a region that has been severely hit hard by recession. We will continue to advocate for more funding for organizations such as Smooth Transition that show tangible outcomes for their clients who are facing economic hardship and other barriers."

Kausar Ahmad - President KNAECO International

"Under our present partnership, Smooth Transition provides a menu of life-skills classes to the at-risk segment of our community and to the low income population in general.  Classes such as Basic Computers, English as a Second Language, GED Preparation courses and Personal Goal Setting seminars are a sampling of some of the course offerings.  The library has been extremely pleased to partner with Robin Goins, President and Executive Director of Smooth Transition, in order to provide these quality programs to the public at no cost.  Smooth Transition provides much needed training that easily translates into marketable job skills.  We are extremely please to work closely with Robin and Smooth Transition and look forward to building this mutually beneficial relationship"

Tonya Kennon - Library Director - Riverside Public Library

"The volume of people obtaining their GED in our DHS and Cathedral City offices is nothing short of a miracle in my eyes!  You are changing lives and potentially future generations.  I so appreciate you and how you connect to people in a way to get them to want to succeed!  Your success and the success of Smooth Transition is monumental.  I have been in the welfare business 23 years and I have not ever seen successes like we are seeing now"

"Helping low-income families improve their living conditions through housing and supportive programs is CVHC's goal.  This can only be accomplished through collaborative partnerships to address the pressing needs in the community.  CVHS's partnership with Smooth Transition, Inc. will help meet the community needs by helping low-income families increase their opportunities for success to help them break the poverty cycle".

Emmanuel Martinez  - Coachella Valley Housing Coalition

"We strongly feel that the Smooth Transition program gives our students the opportunity to understand the workforce and provides them with the confidence needed to overcome any fears, which in effect enables them to achieve any of their future aspirations"

Rebecca Jacques - Career Guidance Assistant Lincoln High School, Riverside, CA

"Our community will be well served by this organization's programs in financial literacy, and the skills needed by our residents to be self-sufficient in this challenging economy"

Yvonne Parks - Mayor City of Desert Hot Springs