Workforce Pipeline - Update as of January 6, 2012

Due to caseload and staffing capacity, the Workforce Pipeline is temporarily unable to accept new participants. If you are interested in enrolling, please call and place your name on the Pipeline waiting list.  In order to qualify for the waiting list, you must reside in one of the following  zip codes;  21202, 21205, 21206, 21213, 21218.  We will begin accepting new people into the program again starting February 1, 2012.

Workforce Pipeline - Update as of August 2011 - Click Here

The East Baltimore project continues to successfully meet its central goal of creating new economic opportunities for residents who reside inside and directly around the project area.

Our Workforce Development Pipeline is a coordinated approach to prepare jobseekers for the workplace. This program assesses residents’ readiness for work and helps them take the next step to become work-ready and better trained. We refer qualified applicants to free training in areas such as building, construction and biotechnology.  Residents who graduate from these rigorous programs are eligible for placement in apprenticeships and other paid training, which can lead to rewarding careers.

We also work closely with employers working inside the footprint to provide them with qualified local residents to fulfill their hiring needs.

Our efforts have produced enormous results for the East Baltimore community.  As of December 2010, the EBDI project created 751 job placements for East Baltimore residents including 250 placements obtained by 206 East Baltimore residents throught the Workforce Pipeline.

Along with our workforce development efforts, we are committed to Economic Inclusion, so that all people and businesses have an opportunity to take part in the East Baltimore redevelopment work, including qualified firms owned by minorities, women, and local residents. Within EBDI itself, women and minorities have accounted for 58 percent of all work hours.

Externally, we have exceeded our inclusion goal with more than 35 percent of all contracts for the project going to firms owned by minorities or women, including the project’s largest single contract – for demolition work. Overall, more than $64 million in contracts generated by EBDI’s activities have gone to minority- and women-owned businesses.

A special thanks to our partner, the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, which supports EBDI’s Workforce Development Pipeline.

For more information, contact Alicia Schuller at 410-234-0660 ext. 205.