Get paid while you learn a trade at Santa Ana’s Taller San Jose Hope Builders program

Santa Ana’s Taller San Jose Hope Builders has training spots open now! They pay youth $1,600 ($100 per week) to train in either Business Applications, Construction, Healthcare or Information Technology.

In addition to 16 weeks of hard skills training, Hope Builders provides:

  • 28 months of life skills and mentoring
  • Help to resolve criminal or legal issues
  • Childcare and transportation assistance, if eligible
  • On-going job coaching & placement assistance
  • Links to ongoing education and training
  • Various life skills and career building workshops

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

In order to enroll, applicants must:

  • Be between 18-28 years old
  • Speak, read and write English
  • Be able to pass a drug test
  • Provide a valid California ID
  • Show a social security card (We accept DACA or work permit)
  • Meet basic skills requirements

After you are accepted, Hope Builders requires you to:

  • Show up on time every day
  • Remain drug free
  • Keep in touch with staff for at least 24 months after training completion

Apply now

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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