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Smooth Transition, Inc. has created a comprehensive
three phase Pre-Employment Job Rediness, Financial Literacy, and Life Skills Program that meets the needs of our teens
on various levels. Our first phase is designed to get those in the program caught up in the basic life skills required for
learning how to live on their own and in the world. We offer participants a state of
the art computer lab, classrooms and tutoring to ensure that they have the tools they need to progress successfully through
the program. All of our phases are accompanied by benchmarks, goals and objectives and each successive
phase enjoys chances for personal empowerment, responsibilities and as they transition to higher phases, gives them the chance
to celebrate their accomplishments and to share this success with others in the program.
Our linkage
in the local community represent strong working relationships and include a wide range of government, nonprofit, community
and local service organizations. Our partnership with these entities help us provide effective service
planning, a better coordination of program services, comprehensive and appropriate referrals, increased service quality and
efficiency. We hold regular events that draw upon the community at large and generate private support each
year, through building relationships with local corporations and businesses. Many of these relationships
helps provide employment opportunities and work experience to our at risk populations, thus furthering the goals and objectives
of the program.
We also offer a Pre-Employment Job Rediness, Financial Literacy, and Life
Skills 10 week intensive program for students who need less one on one mentoring and want to attain the skills they need
faster. We offer this program as a credit program as well for schools and programs who qualify. Statistically our students
come away from our program with much higher levels of confidence across the board. When completing our 10 week intensive program,
students tested showed a 26% increase in overall career development confidence levels and a 26% increase in career problem solving
confidence, a 22% increase in career planning confidence, a 22% increase in career goal setting confidence, a 27% increase
in occupational information confidence and a 26% increase in career self-assessment confidence levels. Program participants
also saw an average 13.32% increase in overall perceived self-worth and value upon completion of the program. In addition,
program participants saw an average 37.5% decrease in perceived achievement barriers. These barriers include age,
physical, self-confidence, education and training, financial, time, family concerns, fear of failure, fear of success, fear
of the unknown, lack of focus and fear of making the wrong decision (see graphs below).
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