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Family in Transition (FIT) Program This is a youth-led teen program that will direct newcomer youth towards positive educational, career and personal development. The program serves students on-site at Abraham Lincoln High School and Galileo Academy of Science and Technology. FIT Program staff works closely with teachers, the Counseling Department, and the ELD Department at each respective school. Students work with the staff to help develop program activities that will enhance skills and build strengths. Program participants meet at the schools campus 4-5 days a week where students participate in peer tutoring and enrichment activities.

CityBuild Academy CityBuild is an 18 weeks hands-on Pre-Apprenticeship construction training program that prepares candidates to enter construction trade apprenticeships by equipping students with a comprehensive curriculum comprised of industry specific skill sets that enable graduates to succeed in the various trade unions. CityBuild curriculum offers hands-on construction training as well as classroom training in various subjects including Blue Print Reading, Math, Labor Studies, Physical Education, Welding, VESL, and more. Students from CityBuild Academy will be able to receive various construction certifications upon completion, which may include Flagging, Traffic Control, OSHA-10, Scissor Lift, Fork Lift, Hazmat, etc. Students work closely with their case managers, instructors, and employment liaisons during and after training for supportive services and placement assistance. CityBuilds goal is to prepare students with industry-specific skills, present opportunities to connect with various employers and union representatives, as well as to successfully indenture them into an union trade after completion of the program.

Skills For Life Culinary Academy This academy is comprised of a Chinese Cooking Class (CCC), Western Cooking Class (WCC), Japanese Cooking Class (JCC) and Bartender Training Class (BTC). It has been easing hardships by helping residents move toward self-sufficiency for over 20 years. The targeted population for the Culinary Academy has always been low-to-moderate income individuals, welfare recipients, and newly immigrants striving to settle in San Francisco. Culinary Academy provides these disadvantaged populations with career advancement and survival skills, which will enable them to obtain and retain culinary employment. In order to gain confidence and move towards self-sufficiency, students will not only learn important and relevant cooking skills and vocational ESL through classroom instruction and hands-on training, but will also acquire practical restaurant management, proper workplace attitude, and problem solving skills. This academy is designed to help individuals gain basic employment skills in a relatively short period of time and connect qualified graduates to restaurant employers around the Bay Area through CCSCs preceding reputation.