SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
| Project Allocation: $ 186,000 |
Amount Expended: 83% |
Status:
COMPLETED ($132,021)
REALLOCATED - ($22,000) |
| Votes: 1,378 Voting finish among 8 projects approved: #4 |
| Project Description: |
| Provides Vallejo youth an opportunity to improve their futures by enhancing skills, increasing confidence, and gaining professional work experience with placement and paid employment during Summer 2015 at non-profit organizations or public agencies. |
Implementing Entities:
Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD)
Update:
Youth were recruited by VCUSD and placed for up to 8 weeks in Summer 2015 at various non-profit organizations and public agencies in Vallejo. Funding from the project covered employment expenses and a $10/hour wage for youth.
SUMMER 2015:
VCUSD placed 67 youth at local non-profits and public agencies during the Summer of 2015, with the interns working a total of more than 7,700 hours. Interns were paid $10 per hour from the PB project.
SUMMER 2016:
VCUSD placed 49 youth at local non-profits and public agencies during the Summer of 2016, with the interns working a total of more than 4,700 hours. Interns were paid $10 per hour from the PB project.
The project leveraged an additional $46,000 of in-kind contributions from VCUSD over 2015 and 2016.
On March 8, 2016, City Council reallocated $22,000 in unused funding to help fund a Cycle 4 of PB.
Resources:
VCUSD Contract 2016
VCUSD 1st Amendment
VCUSD Contract 2015
Resolution No. 14-129 N.C.
Original Project Proposal