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California Summer Youth Employment

Latest News:

From Richmond YouthWORKS:

Hope everyone has succeeded in picking themselves up and dusting themselves off from the summer stress. I know that some of you are already laying the groundwork for *next* summers program!

The short summary of Richmond's program this year -- $702,000 raised ($200,000 from the federal package), 705 youth placed at 134 worksites. Our biggest summer evah! Here is the best of our media coverage -- came out today: http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/09/youth-employment-program-on-the-rise/

Welcome to The Santa Barbara County Summer Youth's Blog!

The Workforce Investment Board will employ more than 40 youths with summer jobs in various County departments. Funding comes from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. The students chosen for this program will get job training, mentoring and the ability to jump-start their resumes!

This blog allows the students to write about their experiences at their county jobs this summer. The program starts July 6 and runs until August 21, 2009. Check it out here!

February 26: At the Conference of Mayors workshop on Youth in St. Louis, Greg Weltz, Chief of the Division of Youth Services ETA/DOL stated that existing procurement requirements will be followed. Whatever, state and local youth procurement processes have been related to the WIA youth programs, these will be continued. He stated DOL will not redefine the procurement process. He also stated to “use the funds quickly and wisely”. He went on to say that DOL has not stated that these funds should not be used for additional staffing or related infrastructure needs, but they should be used for effective programming, not just to build a large group of staff. It was very apparent that for the Youth Summer program safety and performance were critical components for expending these funds. He said flexibility is critical, simple is better, and sooner is better. Work Readiness will be the key Performance Outcome expected for summer youth.

DOL is trying to see if there is any flexibility to the eligibility requirement, but at this time do not believe so.

Presentation from our Summer Youth@Work Webinar on 6-23-09

This announces the fifth of our CWA weekly calls focused on Summer California Youth@Work programs (our new brand name for the Summer Youth programs around the state), to increase info and sharing amoung youth staff and youth providers. Tuesdays call focused on Introducing the Potential of Green in Your Summer Work Experience Program and was facilitated by Edward DeJesus.

Green jobs are those that improve the quality of the environment, reduce waste, and decrease pollution. The term, “Green Economy” is often used by local, national, and international leaders to refer to a growing area of business development and employment opportunities. How big this “green wave” will be is uncertain, but worldwide attention is now more focused than it has been in years, on the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the soil it comes from. A few interrelated issues that are on the minds of millions of people are: alternative energy sources, reduction of fossil fuel consumption, reusing and recycling of materials, sustainable agriculture, alternative modes of transportation, organic gardening, increasing the energy efficiency of homes, removal of pollutants and toxins, and expansion of public parks and trail maintenance. All of these issues are represented in the Green industry and there are entrepreneurial opportunities as well as a labor force needed to support them. Edward DeJesus and CWA joined for an introduction to the philosophy and job market that is called “green”. Participants Learned how to teach and measure participants’ knowledge in this important area.

These documents were used during the Webinar:

--Sample Green Lesson plan from MAKiN iT Summer Work Readiness Curriculum*

--Sample Green Work Readiness Assessment from MAKiN iT Summer Work Readiness Curriculum*

*To purchase full curriculum and assessment manual visit www.ydrf.com <http://www.ydrf.com/> or call 301-216-2566 x2 and ask for Susan Harris.

Power Point Presentation from our Summer Youth@Work Webinar on 5-21-09

This announces the fourth of our CWA weekly calls focused on Summer California Youth@Work programs (our new brand name for the Summer Youth programs around the state), to increase info and sharing amoung youth staff and youth providers. Thursday's Summer Youth Conference Call discussed key topic areas of the Supervisor Orientation such as: Program Details, Program Objectives, Basic Rules & Procedures, Roles and Responsibilities, Safety and more. This call will was faciliated by John D. Baker, from Strategies for the Future.

Power Point Presentation used during 5-21-09 Webinar: 5-21 CWA Webinar.ppt

Power Point Presentation from our Summer Youth@Work Webinar on 5-15-09

This announces the third of our CWA weekly calls focused on Summer California Youth@Work programs (our new brand name for the Summer Youth programs around the state), to increase info and sharing amoung youth staff and youth providers. Friday’s Summer Youth Conference Call responds to practitioners' need for more information on measuring and documenting participants’ level of work readiness.

CWA and YDRF shared an innovative approach to work readiness that transcends basic pre-employment competency measures. We covered how to incorporate the power of positive youth development and youth cultural competence in the assessment approach. We also gave information to help you learn how to engage participants directly in their own learning, engage worksite supervisors in the work readiness assessment and utilize youth to help manage the process.. This call on May 15th was facilitated by Ed DeJess.

Power Point Presentation used during 5-15-09 Webinar: CWA PDF Pres YDRF[1].pdf

Power Point Presentation from our Summer Youth@Work Webinar on 5-8-09

This announces the second of our CWA weekly calls focused on Summer California Youth@Work programs (our new brand name for the Summer Youth programs around the state), to increase info and sharing amoung youth staff and youth providers. This second call unveiled the new California Youth@Work logo, followed up on topics raised at the last call and at the session on Summer Youth John Baker facilitated at the Spring Conference in San Diego. Later calls will be focused on issues participants are interested in, and/or that come up as we get closer to starting program operations. This call on May 8th was facilitated by John Baker.

Power Point Presentation used during 5-8-09 Webinar: Webinar 5-8-09.ppt

California Youth@Work Logos

These are the different California Youth@Work logos available for use in your local area. They come in color and black and white formats. Please feel free to download them and check out the different versions to see what would work for your web and print material.

CWA Youth Logo in Black:

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CWA Youth Logo Without Circle:

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CWA Youth Logo in Color:

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CWA Youth Logo in Color Without Circle:

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Results from our Brain Trust Meeting on 2-22-09

Summer Planning 2-20 mtg notes REVISED.doc

summer template.xls This is the workplan template that we developed at the Brain Trust meeting. It should be helpful to remind you what all the steps are in planning your Summer Youth program. Because it was developed by a group of people on different committees, there may be some overlap.

Info about our friend Ed:

Edward DeJesus Info Pack.pdf

Questions and Answers: NONE of these are final answers!

Q: Will we be able to spend ARRA SYEP funds on youth enrolled in current WIA programs (for whom eligibility verification and enrollment procedures have already taken place)?

A: yes.

Q: What is the reason that aquariums, golf courses, swimming pools and zoos are not allowed to be worksites for ARRA SYEP?

A: this is a general prohibition for all ARRA funds, not just summer youth. and as far as we can tell, the law says you can't BUILD these things with ARRA funding.

Q: Will we be required to monitor all summer youth contracts like we do for regular year round youth?

A: We don't know yet.

Q: Is there separate funding for Summer Youth and Year-Round Youth?

A: As far as we can tell, there is one fund source and you will be able to run a year round, summer or both.

Q: Will eligibility and performance measures be waived for Summer Youth?

A: We have not seen any indication that eligibility will be waived, although we are asking for waivers. The only performance measure for Summer Youth will be Work Readiness.

Q: Should we plan to spend all our money this summer or wait until next or divide it into 2 summers?

A: That will be up to the local WIBs, but you should plan to spend MOST of your money THIS SUMMER.

Q: Will there be a 30 percent out of school requirement?

A: yes

Q; Do we have to procure for summer youth?

A: WIA regulations that allows the grant recipient or fiscalagent under WIA to operate the Summer Youth Component and requires competitive procurement only when "...providers other than the grant recipient, are used to provide summer youth employment opportunities...:" This provision is found in section 664.610 of WIA Regulations. Be advised that in order for the WIA entity to directly operate the program without competitive procurement that entity would have to have been designated as official Grant Recipient or Fiscal Agent for the Area by the Chief Elected Official for that Local Workforce Area. This regualtory provision applies to the grant recipient or fiscal agent for the area, which is the Chief Elected Official, unless "another entity is chosen to the grant recipient or fiscal agent under WIA section 117(d)(3)(B)". In our case that designation was made in the very early stages of WIA and we have been operating Summer Youth under this provision since the inception of WIA funding. Also be aware that the design framework portions of the youth program including eligibility, assessment, and service strategy development identified in 664.405 can be similarly operated by the grant recipient/fiscal agent. It is the program elements under 664.410 (with the exception of summer youth employent) that must be competitively procured.

Documents

MANY THANKS TO TH E RICHMOND CITY WIB for getting us so much good information to start this WIKI!

The purpose of this wiki is to share information about effective Summer Youth Programs, and provide specific tools, forms, and manuals. Use the categories below to begin posting documents.

More info coming soon!!!

Note From Richmond YouthWORKS:

Thanks for the appreciation, y'all. We set most of the information we've contributed as MS Word documents so that you can edit and adapt it for your own use. Please give Richmond YouthWORKS credit whereever possible and appropriate.

~ Jay (j!) Leonhardy, Program Manager, City of Richmond, YouthWORKS Division

JLeonhardy@RichmondWorks.org, 510.307.8019