GOALSIntroduce and prepare youth for theworld of work

Explore career interests and acquiregood work habits and skills

Provide supplemental income

PROGRAM STRUCTUREUp to 6 weeks of paid work andeducational experience

New York State minimum wageof $8.75 per hour

Open to all NYC residents 14-24years old

Program Dates: July 6ththrough August 22nd

ABOUT SYEP

Online worksiteapplicationsystem created

2012 20142013Program enhanced withspecialized services for YoungerYouth, Older Youth, VulnerableYouth, and Unsubsidized Jobs

Introduction of pilot initiativeslike NYC Generation Tech,Clean Streets = CleanBeaches, and NYCHA SCOUT

200920102011Upgraded web-basedYouth EmploymentProgram System (YEPS)

Specialized servicesfor Vulnerable Youth

added

Free checkingaccounts offered to

participants 18+

DYCD administersSYEP

2003SYEP Online enrollment andtimekeeping launched

2006Online participantapplication systemestablished

2004

2015

Introduction of thefinancialempowermentProgram and thelaunch of PrivateSector Campaignand the Hire YouthNYC Tumblr Page

PROGRAM HISTORY

SERVICE OPTIONS

YOUNGER YOUTH OLDER YOUTH

VULNERABLE YOUTHLADDERS FOR LEADERS

Four hour orientation to introduce first timeworkers to the program goals and expectations,work assignments, financial literacy, andinformation about workplace health and safety aswell as labor laws for youth

Fifteen hours of work experience per week thatmay include service learning and communityservice projects

Weekly five hours of educational services thatincorporate one hour of reflection

Eight hour orientation focusing on workreadiness, financial literacy, careerexploration, health education, and preparingfor higher education

Twenty-five hours a week of diverse anddevelopmentally appropriate workexperiences in the nonprofit, public, andprivate sectors

Specialized employment services for justice-involved, foster care, runaway/homeless, and youthreceiving preventative services from the NYCAdministration for Children Services

Orientations and weekly meetings with youthdesigned to provide mentoring, counseling, andeducational support

Professional employer-paid internship programfor high school and college students

Participants selected through a competitiveapplication process

Advanced pre-employment training to prepareyouth for interviews with prospective employers

APPLICATIONS RECEIEVED

54,263

$54.3 MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL PAYROLLPRIVATE SECTOR WORKSITES COMPRISED 35% OF APPROVED

WORKSITES, AN INCREASE OF 7% FROM 2014

131,897LADDERS FOR LEADERS

1,035VULNERABLE YOUTH

2,078

754 NEW PRIVATE SECTOR WORKSITES DEVELOPED IN 2015

FAST FACTS

FACTS AND FIGURES

SEVENTEEN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES PARTICIPATED ASWORKSITES IN 2015

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAM FUNDING

$79.9 MTOTAL WORKSITES

9,156

Abbreviations:CTL:City Tax Levy

State: New York StateCSBG: Community Services Block GrantPrivate: Donations through the Mayor’s

Fund to Advance New York City

TOTAL FUNDING

$79.9 M

FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING AND ENROLLMENT

$54 M FUNDING 43,113 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.15

FY '09

$67.5 M FUNDING 52,255 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.25

FY '10

$51.5 M FUNDING 35,725 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.25

FY '11

$43.5 M FUNDING 30,628 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.25

FY '12

$43 M FUNDING 29,416 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.25

FY '13

$45.6 M FUNDING 35,957 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $7.25

FY '14

$79.9 M FUNDING 54,263 ENROLLED MIN WAGE: $8.75

FY '15

Aspira of New YorkBronxWorksCatholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of NY– Alianza DivisionChildren’s Arts & Science WorkshopsCommunity Association for Progressive DominicansKips Bay Boys and Girls ClubMosholu Montefiore Community CenterPhipps Community DevelopmentSimpson Street Development AssociationSoBro Overall Economic Development CorporationThe Children’s Aid SocietyWildcat Service CenterWoodycrest Center for Human Development

BRONX (13)Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of NY – Alianza DivisionCenter for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)Chinatown Manpower ProjectChinese-American Planning CouncilEl Barrio’s Operation Fight Back, Inc.Fedcap Rehabilitation ServicesHenry Street SettlementInwood Community ServicesNetwork for Teaching EntrepreneurshipNew York City Department of EducationNew York City Housing AuthorityNew York City Mission SocietyPolice Athletic LeagueThe Children’s Aid SocietyYM-YWHA Washington Heights of Inwood

MANHATTAN (15)

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Brooklyn Neighborhood Improvement AssociationCAMBACatholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc.Chinese-American Planning CouncilCommunity Counseling and MediationCouncil of Jewish Organizations of FlatbushCypress Hills Local Development CorporationEdith & Carl Marks Jewish Community House of BensonhurstHenry Street SettlementItalian-American Civil Rights LeagueNational Society for Hebrew Day SchoolsPolice Athletic LeagueResearch Foundation CUNY – Medgar Evers CollegeRidgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens CouncilSCO Family of Services – Center for Family LifeSesame Flyers InternationalSt. Nicks Alliance

BROOKLYN (18)

Central Queens YM & YWHAChinese-American Planning CouncilGreater Ridgewood Youth CouncilHANACHenry Street SettlementJacob A. Riis Neighborhood SettlementPolice Athletic LeagueQueens Community HouseResearch Foundation CUNY – LaGuardia Community CollegeRockaway Development and Revitalization CorporationSouthern Queens Park AssociationUnited Activities Unlimited (Staten Island)

QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND (12)

PROGRAM PARTNERS

ENROLLMENT

FAST FACTS

54,263 participantsenrolled in 2015

41% of applicantsaccepted

ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN

ENROLLMENT BREAKDOWN

YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES ENROLLED

TOTAL WORKSITES

PUBLIC 1,566

NON-PROFIT4,641

PRIVATE2,949

WORKSITE SECTOR BREAKDOWN

PRIVATE SECTOR WORKSITES %

HEALTHCAREMAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER

HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER ST. JUDE MEDICAL CENTER

TECHNOLOGYAOL

PANDORA MEDIDATA

INDUSTRIALBROOKLYN NAVY YARD

KABACKARISTA AIR CONDITIONING

RETAILMODELL'S EXPRESS

WALGREENS

FINANCIALAMALGAMATED BANK

BANK OF AMERICAKPMG

CITY AGENCIESNYC OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER

NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONNYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

EMPLOYER HIGHLIGHTS

YOUNGER YOUTH

Several Younger Youth providersoffered project-based worksitesdeveloped to cultivate an ethic ofservice and reinforce corecompetencies such as interpersonal,communication, and decision-making skills

SERVICE LEARNING COUNTProviders- 15 Projects- 61

Community Partners- 68

POPULAR PROJECT THEMES

Civic Participation &Social Change

Health and WellBeing

Healthy Food &Nutrition

EnvironmentalJustice

College Readiness

YOUNGER YOUTH: SERVICE LEARNING

EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT

Program Goals & Expectations

Teamwork and Conflict Resolution

Workplace Health, Safety andLabor Laws.

Supplementary Work ReadinessTopics

All participants attended pre-employmentorientations that highlighted:

TOPICS COVERED

Values and Life Goals

Health & Wellness andStress & TimeManagement

Financial Literacyand BudgetPlanning

ContinuingEducation andCareer Exploration

Work Readiness andWorkplace Etiquette

Applying andInterviewing for a Job

EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT

2015 SYEP PARTICIPANT

“This summer experience has made me want to make mymark in the world. I have become more motivated than everto make an impact in this world. I have learned to accept anoffer of change because you never know where it may lead

you to in your life.”

VULNERABLE YOUTH PROVIDERS

Center for Alternative Sentencing andEmployment Services (CASES)

Community Counseling and Mediation

Henry Street Settlement

Police Athletic League

Research Foundation of CUNY –LaGuardia Community College

St. Nicks Alliance

United Activities Unlimited

BARRIERS INCLUDE

Foster Care

Justice-Involved

Runaway/Homeless

Receiving ACS PreventiveServices

VULNERABLE YOUTH PARTNERSNYC Administration for Children Services (ACS)

Department of Education- Transitional Housing

NYPD- Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program(JRIP)

NYS- Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)

NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS)

NYC Police Department (NYPD)

VULNERABLE YOUTH

PARTICIPANTS WORKSITES

INDUSTRIES TECH SECTORINTERNSHIPS

1,035

203

191

16

APPLICANTS

2,787

COMMUNITYPARTNERS

5

LADDERS FOR LEADERS

Ladders for Leaders is a nationallyrecognized program that offersoutstanding high school and collegestudents the opportunity to participatein paid professional summerinternships with leading corporations,non-profit organizations andgovernment agencies in New York City.

LADDERS FOR LEADERS

FAST FACTS

1,035 PARTICIPANTS,COMPARED TO 475 IN2014

35% OF YOUTH RECEIVED AN OFFER TO CONTINUEEMPLOYMENT AT THEEND OF THE PROGRAM

94% OF INTERNSRATED THEIR PROGRAMEXPERIENCE ASPOSITIVE

SALARIES RANGED FROM$8.75- $24.00 PER HOUR

3 Bank and ATM networks provided fee-freeATM transactions, including:

Citibank

HSBC

TD Bank

PARTNERSHIP WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPANTS PROVIDED ACCESS TO

Visa branded card with fee-freestore transactions

Pay card usage instruction materials

Online card activity information andend-of-program earnings statement

Direct deposit available to all youthwith bank accounts

Split Direct Deposit and SavingsAccount Options

Accounts update via text message

PARTICIPANT PAY

2015 SYEP PARTICIPANT“I feel more confident and self-fulfilled. It was a great

feeling that I did not have to ask my mom for money. I wasmore careful and learned to budget my money when it came

to fun activities."

PROJECTED GOALS

TEACH YOUTH MONEYMANAGEMENT AND

BUDGETING

INCREASE DIRECTDEPOSIT ENROLLMENT

PARTNERSHIP WITHBANKING INSTITUTIONS

ENCOURAGE SAVINGS

SYEP PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN FINANCIALEDUCATION

FINANCIAL LITERACY FAST FACTS

7,839 PARTICIPANTSENROLLED IN DIRECTDEPOSIT

65% INCREASE IN DIRECTDEPOSIT USE

5,800 YOUTH SET A SAVINGSGOAL AVERAGE OF $760

1,770 PARTICIPANTS SIGNEDUP FOR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

54,000+

SYEP FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT

Financial Empowerment Partners

INCREASE BANKINGACCESS

2015 SYEP IN PICTURES