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CSET welcomes you to our website. As the community
action agency for Tulare County, our mission
is to strengthen youth, families, and caring
communities. Our purpose is to reduce the causes
of poverty. We envision healthy, prosperous,
and safe communities - communities where children
want to live when they grow up because life is
good.
CSET serves to reveal the greatness that is in
everyone, by providing education and training,
facilitating youth and community development, and
creating jobs and resources.
We are inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.: “Everybody can be great, because
everybody can serve.”
We invite you to discover how CSET might help
you meet your goals. If you are looking for an
opportunity to share your resources, get a job
or training, learn how to start a business, earn
your high school diploma, find out about housing
resources, or get involved in your community, contact
us.
Albert was on
the CSET Board of Directors for 7 years,
serving as President for 2 years. He worked
at Pixley Union Elementary School for 30
years, retiring earlier this year. He served
as a mentor and guide to numerous students.
He was honored in 1981 as Tulare County Man
of the Year.
The CSET Board will not be the same without
Albert. Board Treasurer Lou Marchant wrote: “I
am deeply saddened by the news of Albert’s
passing. He truly defined what it is to
be a man of dignity and compassion. I am
stunned. I only hope his family will find
comfort in his achievements and know that
the Lord will be there to welcome him with
open arms.”
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President,
CSET Board of Directors 2004 – 2005
Board Member 1998 – 2005
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Public
Sector
Justin Stoner
Lou Marchant, Treasurer
Gene Etheridge,
President
Gailerd Swisegood,
Vice President
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Representatives
of the Poor
Emzy Cope
Fil Martin
Maria Pineda
Eliseo Raul Garcia, Youth
Rep.
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Private
Sector
Christina Sundstrom
Jeff Gaebe
Laurel Barton
Lori Luna, Secretary
Henry Cisneros
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Executive Director
of CSET since 1982, Carolyn Rose has
been instrumental in staffing this community
action agency with caring and competent professionals,
dedicated to strengthening youth, families,
and communities. Her previous work as a high
school teacher and an employment training
program administrator was valuable preparation
for leading an organization focused on youth
development, education and training, and
community leadership and capacity building.
Rose is an active member of the Tulare County
community, serving in leadership roles in
such organizations as the Tulare County Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission,
Workforce Investment Board, Employment Connection
Council, Child Care Planning Council, and
the Tulare County Business Finance Center.
She is Chairman of the Board of the National
Association of Service & Conservation
Corps, a member of the Executive Committee
of the California Association of Local Conservation
Corps and is a member of the Valley Community
Action Partnership. She has a M.A. from University
of Oregon and has completed course work at
University of California, Berkeley, Florida
Atlantic University, and the John F. Kennedy
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Self-Help Enterprises "spins
off" Self-Help Training and Employment
to provide youth employment training and
rural community services.
First Chairman of the Board: Joe Friedman. |
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Self-Help Training and Employment
becomes Community Services & Employment
Training (CSET), taking on the role as Tulare
County's community action agency. |
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CSET
begins Senior Jobs to focus on benefits of
hiring older workers and Work Opportunities
for Women to meet the needs of displaced
homemakers. |
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CSET
creates the Tulare County Conservation Corps
to serve young people who want to continue
their education and prepare for work.
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Sequoia
SSTARS is born of a partnership with Sequoia
National Forest and Porterville High School.
New Traditions for Women is created to support
women seeking nontraditional careers.
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CSET,
Sequoia National Forest and Tulare County
Private Industry Council receive NACo Excellence
Award for Sequoia SSTARS program.
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CSET
joins pro-youth collaborative to begin renewal
of community action in North Visalia at family
and neighborhood levels.
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YouthBuild
funded by HUD for CSET and SHE to teach youth
to build homes. CSET and Tulare Adult School
partner to provide a learning center and
literacy in Tulare.
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CSET
starts collaborative for Mentors Matter.
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Wellness
Foundation funds Goshen Planning Council.
CSET creates Community Initiatives Department
to target community building. CSET and KCAO
submit Empowerment Zone II application.
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USDA
designates Tulare County Champion Communities.
CSET and Champion Communities get to work
on a shoestring budget but with high spirits
and much success.
National Association of Counties gives two awards to CSET and partner, Tulare
County Private Industry Council: Workforce Development Awards for Excellence
for "Got a Job!" and for New Traditions for Women.
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CSET
partners with Pixley School District to operate
after school programs and later with school
districts of Cutler-Orosi and Tipton.
Tulare County Youth Corps is the first Conservation Corps in California to open
a recycling redemption center, the Goshen Recycling Center.
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CSET
funded to operate Gang Violence Reduction
Project with partners Probation and Sheriff,
Ivanhoe Youth Center, and Tulare County Housing
Authority.
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Champion
Communities and CSET participate in Empowerment
Zone III application. CSET celebrates 25th
Anniversary. YouthBuild completes 20th home.
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National
Association of Service and Conservation Corps
recognizes CSET Corps with the Excellence
in Corps Operations designation, after a
week-long evaluation of our Corps. The
Cutler-Orosi Chamber of Commerce recognizes
CSET as its 2002 Business of the Year.
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CSET
and its Junior Leadership groups spearhead
community improvement projects in 17 unincorporated
communities on Make A Difference Day, working
among 1,162 youth and adult volunteers.
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CSET's
Tulare County Youth Corps completes Park
Bond projects: 25 parks enhanced or created;
7 communities gained clean, safe places for
children, families, and neighborhoods to
play; 200 trees planted; and 60 corpsmembers
gained education, workplace skills, and construction
and landscape training.
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CSET
moves into a new Visalia headquarters, built
in part by a State Park Bond, a 24,000 sq.
ft., two-story building, the first in the
City of Visalia's North Visalia Community
Campus for City and service organizations.
CSET launches E-Recycling Solutions, a social enterprise, collecting 166 tons
of electronic waste in its first 6 months of operation.
The Tipton Town Council honors CSET as its 2005 Organization of the Year. CSET
responds to local business needs by crafting FastMath Passport, a web-based accelerated
Math tutorial for helping job applicants master basic math skills required by
employers. Tulare County Youth Corps receives Friends of SCICON Award.
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CSET
trains 24 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) volunteers, who are helping low-income
residents access their Earned Income Tax
Credit. Tulare County will benefit
from the $24 million in unclaimed EITC this
year.
Tulare County Youth Corps opens recycling
redemption center in Exeter. TCYC’s
Michael Taylor receives NASCC’s Corpsmember of the Year from among 59 U.S.
Corps. CSET holds first Valentine fundraiser, raising $10,000 for the Junior
Leadership program.
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