1 ichmond Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Highlights Richmond Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Highlights
2 Staffing Program manager 4 case managers 4 administrative interns Payroll department
3 Overall Youth Placements Number of youth
4 Community-Wide Support Private Business 35 City Work Sites 31 CBO 29 School-Based-Work Sites 15 Other Public Agencies 10 Employer partners provided 110 work sites for 526 youth in 2008
5 Raised $506,000 in 2008 Sponsors Raised $506,000 in 2008 City of Richmond$300,000 Chevron $75,000 Contra Costa CSBG $40,000 Walmart Entrepreneurial Program$10,000 PG&E Foundation$7,500 Cherokee Brooks Street$5,000 E & T Project Helping Hand$5,000 COR CDBG (Project We Care)$5,000 Courtyard Marriott (In Kind)$5,000 Kaiser Optical$4,000 Greenlining Institute$4,500 Clorox$3,500 Contra Costa College (In Kind)$3,000
6 Transcept Pharmaceutical$3,000 Veolia Water$3,000 West County Times Newspaper$2,500 General Chemical$2,000 Plant Reclamation$2,000 Trico Pipe (Plumbers Local #159)$2,000 Sims Metals$2,000 Vetrazzo$2,000 Mechanics Bank$1,500 Auto Warehousing$1,000 California Oils$1,000 Council of Industries$1,000 Dutra Group$1,000 Raised $506,000 in 2008 Sponsors Raised $506,000 in 2008
7 Genser & Watkins$1,000 Kaiser Foundation$1,000 Levin-Richmond Terminal$1,000 Richmond PD (CD Sales)$1,000 Richmond Pacific Railroad$1,000 Schlumberger Technologies$1,000 WCCUSD (In Kind)$725 Tim Shaw$300 Chamber of Commerce$200 Richard S. Kochan$100 Laura Kuhn$100 Cassandra Youngblood$100 Sponsors Raised $506,000 in 2008
8 Collaborators Number of youth A.P.P.S./SEAYLCareer Academy Familias Unidas YMCANHNRE.B.C.P. A.Opportunity West Richmond SOL N.R.Y.A.E.P. Collaborators
9 Demographics 65% African American 20% Hispanic 8% Asian 5% Mixed/Other 2% White 90% of youth come from households earning less than $40,000 per year
Gender Comparison Number of youth
11 Age Number of youth Age Group Comparison
12 RECRUITMENT School District Community centers Youth service organizations Churches Children and Family Services Juvenile Justice System
13 Preparing Our Youth For The Future Academic and Career Assessments Resume and Interview Prep Financial Literacy and Money Management Parent/Youth Orientation
14 Cutting Edge Jobs Rising Sun Energy Art Academy of San Francisco Greenlining Institute Mainstreet Retail Project RichmondBUILD Summer School Transcept Pharmaceuticals Clorox – Greenworks Products
Accomplishments Doubled our Collaborative Partnerships Raised an additional $50,000 over 2007 Increased storefront and retail placements by 20% over last year Increased community capacity to train and employ youth Implemented work readiness preparation in the classroom Increased business confidence in youth workforce
16 Improvements for 2009 Standardize pre-employment training Implemented sexual harassment training module Specialized orientations for worksites Identify and implement volunteer roles
17 Thank You! Jay Leonhardy Program Manager Richmond YouthWORKS (510) __________________________________ Gilbert Pete Employment Specialist II Richmond YouthWORKS (510) Jennielyn Dino Rossi Consultant (415)