The Washoe County (Reno, Nevada) Child Services Campus, is a residential facility which houses children ages infant to 18 years. Our organization was awarded the initial and ensuing contracts and has operated the Shelter in partnership with the County Department of Social Services since its opening in 1991.

The Campus consists of an emergency shelter, therapeutic adolescent facility and program, adolescent homeless and runaway shelter, gymnasium/activity area and special needs classroom and instructional area.

The purpose of the Emergency Shelter is to receive and care for children removed from their home environments by Social Services, Child Protection, law enforcement or other authorized agencies. The Shelters provide counseling, food, clothing, recreation, school enrollment, health care, assessment and assistance in securing foster home placement for approximately 900 children per year. Specialized services, care and counseling are provided to the youth at these facilities.

The Company operates at 14 Job Corps Center locations under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor. The majority of the Job Corps Centers across the country are operated by private-sector contractors. This year round residential training program is designed to provide social skills/work ethic, educational and vocational skills to at-risk, disadvantaged young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who lack employability skills and have not been successful in the traditional learning environment.

We currently operate the Woodland, Woodstock, IndyPendence, Shriver, Grafton, Exeter, Joliet, Gadsden, Glenmont, Atterbury, Little Rock, Treasure Island and Red Rock Job Corps Centers. 

The Atterbury Job Corps Center, site of a former military base, is located 35 miles south of Indianapolis and provides training services to over 1,200 residential students from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and other states in the Chicago Region.

The Exeter Job Corps Center is a newly constructed facility located in central Rhode Island, designed to provide services to over 400 students per year.

The Gadsden Job Corps Center is operated on a college campus located in Gadsden, Alabama and serves approximately 600 students per year, primarily from Alabama. This program is operated in partnership with Gadsden State Community College.

The Glenmont Job Corps Center is located on the Hudson River in Albany, New York and serves 700 students per year, primarily from the New York City, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie and Albany areas.

The Grafton Job Corps Center serves students from Massachusetts and other New England states and provides training for 600 students annually. The Center is located in central Massachusetts and has a capacity of 300 students, including a combination of residential and non-residential students.

The IndyPendence Job Corps Center is a nonresidential satellite Center located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana serving young females ages 16-24. Approximately 200 students per year receive training and support services.

The Joliet Job Corps Center serves students from throughout Illinois, but particularly the greater Chicago area, and provides training for 600 students annually. Training is provided at a former high school with new residential facilities.

The Little Rock Job Corps Center is a newly constructed facility (2008) providing training for 600 students annually from across Arkansas, preparing them for demand driven jobs throughout the state.

The Red Rock Job Corps Center is located on a former Air Force Radar site in the mountains of Northwestern Pennsylvania. The Center serves 600 students annually from the Philadelphia, Reading, Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton areas.

The Shriver Job Corps Center, named after the Job Corps and Peace Corps founder, Sergeant Shriver, is located in north-central Massachusetts, designed to provide services to over 600 students per year. Training is provided in partnership with Mount Wachusett College, specializing in Technology.

The Treasure Island Job Corps Center is located literally in the center of San Francisco Bay on the former Treasure Island Naval Base. The Center serves approximately 1,200 students annually primarily from the greater San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It is the location of Job Corps' premier Advanced Culinary Arts Program.

The Woodland Job Corps Center, located north of Washington D.C. in Southern Maryland, houses 300 students in five dorms and provides training to approximately 600 students annually from the Washington, DC/Southern Maryland area.

The Woodstock Job Corps Center is located outside of Baltimore, Maryland and serves students primarily from Baltimore and the surrounding area. This Center serves over 1,000 students annually. The Center is housed in a large pre-Civil War historical seminary.

Adams and Associates operates six Outreach and Admissions (O/A) contracts that include community outreach and linkage development, youth recruitment, screening and eligibility determination and assignment to USDOL programs. The geographic locations served include the following:

• Glenmont - Upstate New York
• Grafton - Central Massachusetts
• IndyPendence - Greater Indianapolis Area
• Fort Devens (Shriver)- Northern Massachusetts
• Exeter - State of Rhode Island
• Gadsden - State of Alabama

Adams and Associates operates seven Career Transition Services (CTS) contracts that provide support services to Job Corps students after they leave the program. These services include job search, relocation and independent living assistance, continuing education assistance, on-the-job counseling, job development, employer outreach and counseling services. The geographic locations served are listed below.

• Red Rock - Pennsylvania
• Exeter - State of Rhode Island
• Fort Devens - Northern Massachusetts
• Woodstock - State of Maryland
• Gadsden - Alabama
• Glenmont - Northern New York
• Grafton - Central Massachusetts
• Treasure Island - Northern California

All of Adams' operated programs and facilities include a core behavioral adjustment, student management system based upon a variety of peer influence, sanctions, incentives and positive normative culture approaches.

Adams and Associates designed, developed and implemented a national Job Corps student behavioral adjustment program at the Tulsa Job Corps Center. This "redirection" program was provided to behavioral "at-risk" Job Corps students. Job Corps students whose behavior was determined to be unacceptable were scheduled for a disciplinary termination. As an alternative, a Job Corps Center could transfer the student to the Adams' Tulsa Redirection Program. This was a highly successful program with student outcomes that were 15% better than the national Job Corps performance statistics.

Adams and Associates manages and provides the following support services at our various contract locations:

• Mental Health Services
• Academics
• Career Technical Training
• Food Services Operation
• Facility Maintenance and Construction
• Payroll and Finance
• Recreation Programs
• TEAP/Substance Abuse Programs
  
• Career Counseling
  
• Early Childhood Education
  
• Work Based Learning
  
• Job Placement
  
• Peer Leadership Training
  
• Tobacco Cessation Program
  
• Dental Clinics
  
• Transportation/Motorpool
  
• Medical Clinics
  
• GED/High School Diploma Programs
  
• Advanced College Training
  
• IT/MIS Management
  
• Purchasing
  
• Equipment Maintenance, Inventory & Control
  
• Safety/Security (OSHA)
  
• Staff Benefits Administration
  
• Insurance Programs and Workers Compensation
  
• Women's Programs
  
• Affirmative Action, Diversity & EEO
  
• Behavior Management
  
• Personal Counseling
  
• Human Resources
  
• Employability Skill Development
  
• Staff Training
  
• Military Career Preparation

Professional Certifications for Staff: Adams has taken the lead as a Company to sponsor certification initiatives and provide mechanisms for staff to obtain credentials from external sources. Our efforts include certifications in academic and career technical training, social development/youth development and career development facilitation. For example:

Academic Accreditation: Adams has secured Corporate accreditation for Academic Programs from AdvancED, formerly the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). This accreditation has raised the level of academic instruction and services we provide to students. All individual Adams-operated Centers were awarded Center accreditation in 2009.

Career Technical Accreditation: We have acquired Corporate accreditation with the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), whose curricula and certification in the construction industry are approved by the National Office of Job Corps. Through this process, selected staff participate in the Instructor Certification Training Program (ICTP) and become certified Master Trainers who, in turn, can certify other staff.

Residential Staff: We have a training and certification agreement with the University of Oklahoma to provide Center staff with college credit and professional certification. This program is provided by the University’s National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS), a nationally recognized training and certification body. Training components include Managing Aggressive Behavior (MAB), Residential Youth Care Professional Certification and Testing Program and Understanding Youth Development.

Adams sponsors the University’s MAB Train-the-Trainer Certification semi-annually for staff. Successful completion of this program results in certification and Continuing Education Units from the University of Oklahoma.

Common Sense Parenting: Common Sense Parenting is an application of the Boys Town Family Home Program which serves as the primary behavioral intervention at our children's emergency shelters. The program's logical strategies and teachable techniques address issues of communication, discipline, decision making, relationships, self control and school success.

Career Development Facilitation (CDF) Certification: Adams employs Melissa Tran, a CDF trainer and recognized expert, to provide CDF training to Job Corps staff at all Adams’ locations.

Glen Mills Normative Culture Training: Adams has established the Glen Mills Normative Culture Initiative to strengthen our normative culture principles. The Glen Mills Schools has conducted training for Adams’ Corporate and Center staff.

Corporate Human Resources Oversight: In addition to providing technical assistance to develop Staff Training Plans, the Corporate Human Resources (HR) Department and Corporate Training Coordinator utilize the “ABRA” HR software system to monitor staff training at all locations. ABRA is also used by site HR Managers, supporting a coordinated approach between Corporate and contract locations. With the ABRA training module, HR Management can create a training database and schedule, as well as document and track all training results. This module has significantly enhanced the organization and administration of Adams’ staff training system.

USDOL Past Performance and Experience: Adams and Associates has been involved in the operation of residential children’s programs and Job Corps since 1990. During this time, we have adjusted to change, new goals, direction and expectations. During the last three years, budgets and funding have been a challenge, to include utility increases, inflationary cap increase elimination, facility deterioration and rising health care costs.

The USDOL Office of Job Corps ranks and rates every Job Corps Center/Contract based upon the achievement of student outcomes or success measured for the following USDOL Outcome Measurement System (OMS) criteria:

• GEDs, High School Diplomas
  
• Literacy and Numeracy Gains
  
• Vocational Training Completion
  
• Graduate Placement
  
• All Participant Placement
  
• Job Training Match
  
• Wage
  
• Job Retention
  
• Wage Increases

Program Year Center Contract Performance Rating: National Office of Job Corps reports indicate that the overall Job Corps program performance has experienced a 5-year decline. We are pleased to report that during this same time period, Adams’ performance has improved. We are the most effective multiple Center operator in Job Corps, with a Program Year (PY) 07 “rating” average of 94% of the USDOL goal which improved to 96% in PY 08 and is currently 98.6% Program Year 09 to date, with an average ranking of #31 of 123 contracts, as displayed on the following graphic. Our strong Corporate oversight, direction, programs and systems result in students’ success and benefit. Our PY 07 and 08 “rating” results, compared to other major Job Corps Center operators, are indicated on the following charts.

Program Year Contract Performance Ranking: The USDOL/Job Corps publishes OMS results for 123 Centers per Program Year with #1 being the best. The Average Program Year “ranking” for Adams’ Centers the last 2 Program Years, PY 07 and PY 08, reflects, by a large margin, significantly better student outcomes than any other multiple Center operator. Adams’ average ranking in PY 07 was #40 and improved to #36 in PY 08. The charts below display the average ranking of the multiple Center operators for PY 07 and PY 08.

Career Transition Services (CTS)/Placement: These support activities are termed Career Transition Services (CTS). Adams operates seven CTS contracts. The largest contract is associated with the Woodstock Job Corps Center, which provides CTS services to approximately 1,400 students annually throughout the state of Maryland.

Adams’ CTS performance was exceptional in PY 08 with an average of 101% of USDOL goal, as compared to the national average of 93%. The chart below displays Adams’ individual CTS contract performance for PY 08.

On this web site you will find useful information on Job Corps, Emergency Children's Services, Employment Opportunities, our Centers and resources.