Student Services

Student Services is an integral part of Work Force Development Center (WFDC). As the WFDC Mission states, our organization exists to serve at-risk and disadvantaged youth, providing them with programs that build job and manufacturing skills. The Work Force Development Center Mission truly begins in the classroom.

WFDC currently serves youth from 24 high schools throughout a dozen school districts spanning Snohomish, north King and Island counties in the north Puget Sound region. All of our students are identified by their school counselors as being at high risk for school dropout and in acute need of WFDC’s help in developing skills for self-sufficiency. All students are on an Individual Education Plan (IEP). This is a school plan to help kids with physical, learning, or mental disabilities succeed in school. It specifies goals for the student and any special support needed to help achieve the goals. WFDC is a part of our students’ IEPs.

Listed below are the three primary outcome areas we address through WFDC’s vocational training and apprenticeship program.

1. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – WFDC employees are positive role models to our students, building a sense of accomplishment and self-esteem, and teaching them the skills and personal attributes that will make them assets to future employers.
2. VOCATIONAL TRAINING – Vocational skill development means future independence, financial stability, and a sense of hope and stability that many of our students have never known.
EDUCATION - WFDC helps students in danger of school dropout to stay in school and earn credits in math or science toward their high school diploma, guiding them toward further educational exploration and study.