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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05172011 - PR.2RECOMMENDATION(S): ACCEPT Presentation of the Employment and Human Services Department, Workforce Development Board Bureau's Summer Youth Employment Program. FISCAL IMPACT: None BACKGROUND: The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is a subsidized employment program for youth to gain awareness about the work environment, explore career options, gain real world skills with employment placement during the summer. The 120-hours program gives youth valuable experiences that can create career goals, relate classroom experiences to jobs, and define the future for youth. The Workforce Development Board (WDB) has sponsored more than 1,600 youth during the past two summers and seeks to continue the program through local fund raising and corporate sponsorship efforts. the goal for the 2011 summer is to place 100 youth throughout th County, earning $8.25 per hour. The Workforce Development Board has launched a fund raising effort to sustain the APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 05/17/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Stephen Baiter, 602-6820 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: May 17, 2011 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy cc: PR. 2 To:Board of Supervisors From:Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director Date:May 17, 2011 Contra Costa County Subject:Presentation of the Workforce Development Board Summer Youth Employment Program Summer Youth Employment Program with the BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) sunset of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. The SYEP presentation will include a short video produced by youth and industry professionals and encapsulates the importance of offering young people with meaningful work experience during their teen and young adult years. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: None CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: None ATTACHMENTS Presentation SYEP