Dear Friends of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County!

Congratulations to our clients and our staff who completed our California Workforce Development Board-funded grant, Forward Focus, with flying colors!  Here are just some of their accomplishments:

What we were contracted to do	What we actually did
Enroll 135 parolees and county probationers (clients) into the ForwardFocus program	Enrolled 135 parolees and county probationers (clients) into the program
75 clients to attain an industry-recognized vocational training so they are more competitive for employment	75 clients attained industry-recognized vocational trainings
81 clients to attain employment	82 obtained employment The jobs they obtained included the following: Truck Driver Warehouse Associate Forklift Mechanic Housing Attendant Security Guard Union Construction Trades (Plumber, laborer)
54 clients to retain employment	67 clients retained employment

Kudos to Helena Henderson, Case Manager, and Jose Cosme Sandoval, Job Specialist, who did this great work with our great clients under the leadership of Irena Seta, Director of Employment Programs!