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)