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Applied in 2008

Victory Trade School

Victory Trade School

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 14
  • Program Participants Last Year: 81
  • Meets about 30 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 12 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 40

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Discipleship. Be an example to others that you are a new person in Christ.

Measure
Radically change their lives to follow Jesus Christ. Be active in church and testify to others with word and deed.

Outcome 2
Obtain a ManageFirst professional credential through the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)

Measure
Receipt of 7 certificates from the NRAEF.

Outcome 3
Maintain soberity and refrain from use of drugs and alcohol or the abuse of prescription drugs.

Measure
Frequent drug screening. Alcohol tests. All prescription drugs must be checked into the school registrar and noted on the student's file.

Outcome 4
Obtain GED

Measure
Classroom practice tests scores, tutor reports, and receipt of GED certificates.

Outcome 5
Life skills and interpersonal skills improvements

Measure
Passing grades on life skills, Bible classes, and worksite evaluations. Job rotations of Manager-in-training evaluations.

Change Process: (self-reported)

A two-fold need was recognized which resulted in Victory Trade School.

1) Men and women were finding themselves in a cycle of poverty with no career and without the skills to move beyond minimum wage.

2) Employers were finding themselves without trained, experienced, dependable workers. Victory Trade School (VTS) opened its doors to offer an option to change the circumstances of both the employees and employers.

The goal of the school is to prepare students to enter the workforce or further education with leadership, life, and religious skills based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Hospitality students earn a ManageFirst professional credential through classes that support this national certification and through work-study in the Cook's Kettle Restaurant and Victory Lodge, which they operate as laboratories for the school.

With the addition of the PREP school and New Life Program we offer a Discipleship program that gives men and women a basic knowledge and training in Urban Ministry along with skills in retail, warehousing, and family science. The expansion of services to women and children helps a woman become not only a leader in her home, but also a leader in her community. We have added new courses that fit a "Family Science" curriculum. In this field a woman learns to care for and educate children as well as managing multiple household tasks. If we can "eliminate poverty from the inside out" by starting with children- then we've saved two or more lives instead of just one.