Social Innovation Forum Follow Up Event04/12/2023

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What is the Maritime Apprentice Program?

An intensive career development program that uses a unique downtown Boston boatshop environment to create entry-level employees for maritime and related industries by:

– Requiring and rewarding co-enrollment in GED or diploma-granting programs

– Providing case-management, counseling, remedial education, and work readiness preparation

– Facilitating opportunities with industry partners that provide mentoring, advanced training, and access to internships and jobs

– Paying stipends to apprentices for all MAP-related activities

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DYS committed (4+ years) 100%

Gang involved 100%

High School Dropouts 90%

Experienced shootings, knifings, or gang assaults or lost family or friends to gun violence

82%

Additional challenges faced

by MAP apprentices:

Disruptive family dynamics

Poor anger/impulse control

Hopelessness

Lack of trust

MAP targets Boston’s most vulnerable and disruptive 17-22 year olds

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Impact IndicatorRelation to Peer Group

Societal

Increased likelihood of an adult conviction 13.8x

Increased likelihood of weapons use 3.7x

Financial

Lifetime cost to society of social services and incarceration $250k-$2m

Lifetime earnings without high school credential ($456k)

Health

Increased likelihood of suicide 4x

Increased likelihood of substance abuse 2x

Without intervention, DYS youth cost more, earn less, and are greater threats to themselves and society

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The MAP Operating Model

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PEOPLEPROGRAMS

PLACEPARTNERS

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Re-offense Rates Re-enrollment RatesHS Credential

Attainment RatesCollege, training, & employment rates

MAP Apprentice Outcomes to Date

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MAP’s Growth Trajectory

2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

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MAP Apprentice Enrollment Level

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MAP needs support to continue to provide successful outcomes for apprentices

MAP’s Two-Year Goals• Serve 10 additional

apprentices

• Increase the average apprentice stipend rate

• Hire 2 additional staff to maintain MAP’s crucial 1:4 staff-to-student ratio

• Expand to a larger program space

• Document best practices and develop an impact measurement systemFY07 FY08 FY09(E) FY10(E) FY11(E)

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$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000

$700,000

$800,000

$900,000 Revenue by Source

FoundationsIn-KindIndividualsGov-ern-ment

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MAP needs support to continue to provide successful outcomes for apprentices

WAYS TO INVEST:

• In-kind

– Larger waterfront space to accommodate boat shop, classroom, and administrative needs

– Business, technology, and education consulting

– Laptops with software for apprentice job-skills training and program administration

• Financial

– $1,000 – Shop and boat tools and equipment

– $5,000 – Seed funding for best practices documentation and impact measurement system development

– $25,000 – Increase average apprentice stipends to $150/week

WAYS TO INVEST:

• In-kind

– Larger waterfront space to accommodate boat shop, classroom, and administrative needs

– Business, technology, and education consulting

– Laptops with software for apprentice job-skills training and program administration

• Financial

– $1,000 – Shop and boat tools and equipment

– $5,000 – Seed funding for best practices documentation and impact measurement system development

– $25,000 – Increase average apprentice stipends to $150/week

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“For the first time in my life I'm getting paid the legal way, in a job that I really like, without worrying about cops or enemies in the street. I'm really proud of myself and my family also.”

“I have experienced a lot. I have learned how to do things on my own and how to cut, fix and measure. Before, I never really knew or could do any of these things.”

“When we first started out, nobody could really work as a team. Now its like we’re the ‘86 Celtics and us as a team are getting a lot of things completed.”

“I feel it is important to set a career up for myself, because I don’t want to be thirty-five and looking back at all the opportunities I let blow in the wind. I just want to live the ‘American Dream’.”

“What I learn from being in the MAP program is I learn to be job-ready. Job-ready is being at work on time and prepared for the work that will be happening for that day.”

“I learned to work hard. I'm also focused on learning new skills because I want to be versatile. I will be prepared for whatever the employer wants on a job site.”

“I see myself liking this program more and more each day. I like when I do a project and finish everything – it’s a feeling that is unexplainable.”

“I feel I am on the right path right now. I feel like a man with responsibilities.”

“There is nothing better than getting off of work and somebody asking you ‘where are you coming from?’ and you say ‘work’.”

“I learned how to control my anger. I learned how to respect my elders and also responsibility.”

Questions?

Lory Newmyer Executive Directorlory@hulllifesavingmuseum.org

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Back-up Slides

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MAP Expenses by Area

FY07 FY08 FY09(E) FY10(E) FY11(E)$0

$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000

$700,000

$800,000

$900,000 HLM Support Staff & Overhead Charge

Training Manual/Data Tracking Devel-opment

Equipment & Supplies

Rent, Utilities, Mooring, & Maintenance

Apprentice Stipends

Program Staff

MAP’s Two-Year Goals• Serve 10 additional

apprentices

• Increase the average apprentice stipend rate

• Hire 2 additional staff to maintain MAP’s crucial 1:4 staff-to-student ratio

• Expand to a larger program space

• Document best practices and develop an impact measurement system

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Revenue by Likelihood

FY07 FY08 FY09(E) FY10(E) FY11(E)$0

$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000

$700,000

$800,000

$900,000

$416,890 $403,240 $440,340

$86,340 $48,840

$34,750

$331,400 $438,900

$20,000 $151,086

$303,250

Uncommitted Likely

Committed

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Data Sources

• Walker, Guzzo, and Whiting;“Critical Junctures on the Way to Adulthood”; 2007

• Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Juvenile Recidivism Report; 2008

• Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies; “The Fiscal Economic Consequences of Dropping Out of High School”;200

• “A Profile of Boston’s Struggling Students and Disconnected Youth”; 2004

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The MAP Operating Model

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• “Everybody likes to fund the programs that say they can work with 50 DYS kids at a time. When I look over the lists of these programs, I notice that most of these programs DON’T work with our kids, and those that do are not nearly as effective as the intensive, specialized work done by MAP” – Director of Operations, Department of Youth Services, Metro Regional Office

• “When you look at it financially, what is the cost to society? Rather than spend tax dollars to keep someone in jail, it would be so much better to put down $8,000 for this program, help the kid, and come up with a good citizen.” - Deputy Director, Mayor's Office of Jobs and Community Services

• “…programming for older adolescents who have exhibited serious problems appears to be an excellent bet in terms of preventing serious adult problems. But such programming is significantly more expensive than broadly cast programming for early adolescents.” - Source: Walker, Guzzo, and Whiting; “Critical Junctures on the Way to Adulthood – Options for Intervention”; October, 2007

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