Lifecraft

Woodcraft Rangers Guides both Youth and their Mentors to Become Future Leaders

WHAT IS LIFECRAFT?

Advancement in Life, and at Woodcraft. It’s Called Lifecraft!

With a mission anchored in youth development, Woodcraft Rangers is a reliable Los Angeles employer within under-resourced communities, offering many early career professionals jobs and youth development training in our afterschool and summer programs. Through Lifecraft, these young paraprofessionals can continue to pursue degree programs while also remaining employed – a  necessity for individuals from the communities we serve. And, there’s coaching. A college case manager engages with Lifecraft participants to develop their individual education plan, along with a roadmap to degree completion at the lowest possible cost based on a participant’s specific goals. 

The cornerstones of Lifecraft are directly aligned with proven solutions. The program focuses on a selected cohort already enrolled in a degree program, and will grow to include others. Lifecraft and its partner institutions coordinate to prevent conflicts that many working students face when having to choose between work and school, which can prevent them from obtaining that degree they are trying to stay on track to receive.

Lifecraft utilizes a strengths-based evaluation to personalize goals, interests and education plans. New fields of opportunity open up, especially ones with high employability rates and more lucrative compensation than the more “obvious” career choices that our students may have defaulted to based on challenges to access and representation.