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- EIN 23-7108090
- (608) 244-4721
- 2670 Milwaukee St Madison WI 53704-5120 USA
- www.operationfreshstart.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Job Training, Vocational Counseling
Mission: The mission of operation fresh start, inc. Is to provide disconnected youth a path to self-sufficiency. Operation fresh start: helps participants to become self-sufficient, contributing members of the community by providing them an opportunity to gain employment training, education, independent living skills, and a chance to serve the community; produces quality affordable homes for low- and moderate- income families; contributes to ongoing local conservation efforts; provides technical assistance to communities and organizations who want to implement the operation fresh start program model.
Programs: Job training and counseling - operation fresh start's primary mission is providing a 'second chance' to youth and adults who have not succeeded in mainstream institutions. Members of our target population lack a high school credential, are unemployed, and lack skills needed for living-wage employment. Our goal is for each of our participants to get and keep a career-track job and/or enroll in post-secondary education. During fiscal year 2016-2017, 192 young people received job training, career counseling, and educational services.
housing rehabilitation - by building or renovating affordable housing, operation fresh start participants make an invaluable contribution to the community. In the process, they build self-confidence, learn team-work, acquire job skills, and grow personally. Operation fresh start construction crews perform all phases of construction, except those requiring building trades licenses or heavy equipment. Crew members receive on-site training in green construction techniques. The end result is a well-built, energy-efficient, hazard-free home that is an asset to the homebuyer and neighborhood, as well as a source of pride to the operation fresh start crew who built it. To date, operation fresh start crews have built or remodeled 140 homes in madison and dane county. The new homes meet or exceed wisconsin energy star standards. Both the new and remodeled homes are also certified as being green built homes.