Building Skills Partnership
PROGRAMS
Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Through its Civic Engagement/Citizenship Program, BSP offers pathways to citizenship and active civic engagement to its largely immigrant worker service population. BSP also provides civic leadership training (voting and census participation).
Program participants receive: Know Your Rights education, DACA and N-400 application assistance, anti-fraud education, and citizenship exam preparation assistance, education on state benefits (such as CA driver’s licenses and the CA Dream Act), power of attorney letter preparation assistance, and and pro bono legal education. Program participants also receive civic leadership training to promote civic engagement with their communities.
Financial Capability
Through financial workshops, personalized coaching and counseling, and taxpayer assistance, BSP’s Financial Capabilities Program helps low-income workers improve their financial health.
Through product-based financial education, participants establish financial goals, translate goals into savings objectives, create household budgets, identify banking options, and learn strategies to improve their credit scores. Additionally, through one-on-one coaching, workers enroll in free or low-cost savings and credit-building tools. Furthermore, through its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) service, BSP helps clients file their taxes for free and use their returns to build savings.
Health and Wellness
Established in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, BSP’s Health & Wellness Program provides education on prevention of relevant diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression through case management, health fairs, worksite-based health classes, and exercise activities.
The program is shown to improve nutrition, physical activity, and confidence interacting with the healthcare system.
Green Janitor Education Program (GJEP)
GJEP is a 30-hour certification course that addresses operations and maintenance practices with a focus on energy efficiency, recycling, waste management, water conservation, and other sustainable cleaning practices. GJEP enables large commercial office buildings to meet green performance standards while providing skills, training, and upward career ladder opportunities for workers. Furthermore, GJEP helps janitors understand the health benefits of green maintenance for their building tenants and themselves, as well as their families and communities at home.
GJEP works to (1) upscale janitorial workers for job retention and advancement according to current and future industry needs, (2) improve worker health, and (3) improve the sustainability of commercial buildings.
Infectious Disease Certification
Through its Digital Literacy Program, BSP integrates digital skills and vocational training to prepare immigrant janitors for 21st century jobs. Furthermore, helps workers to access online financial and healthcare services to improve their quality of life.
IDC upscales underserved immigrant workers during a time of economic crisis, and through the implementation of janitorial standards, protocols, and control measures, IDC enables commercial buildings and businesses to safely operate.
CONTACT
Building Skills Partnership
1936 W. Chapman Ave
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 760-799#9029