Youth Workforce Development Service Area Strategy
Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP)
Overview
The Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) is a citywide collaborative youth employment program that supports the positive development of 9th and 10th graders who have no previous work experience. The MYEEP program provides initial exposure to the workplace, entry-level job readiness training, educational support, youth leadership development activities and meaningful work-based learning opportunities in the non-profit, government and private sectors.
DCYF allocated $5,605,000 in annual funding to one program at one agency for the Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP)Initiative Strategy.
Strategy Goals include:
To provide quality initial work based learning experiences for San Francisco youth with a focus on those with concentrated need or characteristics of increased need.
To enhance youth’s ability to access and retain work-based learning 2 experiences and prepare them to contribute to the local economy
To help participants understand the importance of academic success and the role that high school and post-secondary education play within the context of career development.
To create a pipeline of job ready local youth that are prepared to access the current jobs and careers in San Francisco.