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🌟 Attention Alexandria and Arlington Business Owners! 🌟 Are you ready to boost your business while making a positive impact on our community? Look no further! The City of Alexandria’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is calling on you to be part of this transformative experience. 🌞 Why Should You Register? SYEP isn’t just another summer program—it’s an opportunity to tap into local talent and enhance your workforce. By participating, you’ll: Tackle Short-Term Projects: Get extra hands on deck to tackle those projects you’ve been putting off. Increase Capacity: SYEP participants can help increase your business’s capacity during peak seasons. Diversify Your Team: Engage with a diverse pool of young talent and contribute to their growth. 📅 Important Dates: Application Deadline Extended: April 30, 2024 🔗 How to Register: https://rb.gy/4nounn Let’s create opportunities together! 🚀 #YouthEmployment #AlexandriaOpportunities

Did you know that young adults transitioning from care face numerous challenges in accessing education and job opportunities? 🎓 Limited work experience, a lack of formal qualifications, and fewer resources can limit their access to steady employment or higher education. Here's how we can all help make a positive difference for National Care Leavers Week: Mentorship can make a world of difference—consider mentoring a young adult, providing internships or entry-level opportunities, or sponsoring job training programs that prepare care leavers for the workforce. Together, we can help build a future where care leavers have equal opportunities to achieve their dreams and secure rewarding careers. #nationalcareleaversweek #EducationForAll #EmploymentOpportunities #VistaLiving Ryan Williams Kim Thompson Jordan Gould Amelia Henderson

Happy National Employ Older Workers Week! This week, we’re recognizing the vital contributions of older adults and the impact of programs like Easterseals Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which helps mature workers gain the skills they need to reenter the workforce. Through valuable partnerships with community organizations, Easterseals affiliates provide mature job seekers with training, internships, and resources that make a lasting impact on their financial stability and quality of life. One shining example comes from Easterseals Oregon, where their SCSEP program is transforming lives by helping older adults navigate technological advancements, build modern job skills, and regain their sense of purpose. In our latest blog, you’ll discover personal stories of individuals who’ve found hope, community, and employment through the program. Read more about the Easterseals Oregon SCSEP program and the life-changing difference it’s making in their community: https://lnkd.in/dihRvqhG #NEOWW #EmployOlderWorkers #InclusiveEmployment #EastersealsOregon #SCSEP

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The deadline is Friday, March 22 for the E&ES Request for Quotes to provide summer employment for Chicago youth. Learn more here -https://lnkd.in/guutBYBs Chicago Housing Authority has provided summer employment programming for more than 1,000 youth each summer since 2009. The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is a part of the Mayor’s One Summer Chicago initiative, which brings together government institutions, community-based organizations, and companies to offer over 30,000 employment and internship opportunities to youth and young adults ages. CHA’s SYEP program is delivered in collaboration with E&ES’ FamilyWorks program, who is responsible for being the connection between SYEP youth, the worksite and CHA. SYEP is a six-week program operating June thru August, offering meaningful, paid work and skill development for youth ages 16 – 24. Participants earn $15.80/hour for up to 120 hours, yet the benefits of SYEP extend beyond earned wages. SYEP provides early exposure to career and education pathways, as well as opportunities that we believe have a positive, life-long impact on participants including: • Better future employment prospects and increased earnings later in life • Transitioning into the labor market while gaining valuable 21st century skills and networks to improve labor market prospects • Developing the building-blocks they need to get to their next job and launch their career through meaningful, paid summer employment. • Stemming summer learning loss with enrichment activities and literacy-rich programs • Encouraging learning and exploration in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment • Strengthening social skills that will help them interact positively with others Apply here -https://lnkd.in/guutBYBs #employment #RFQ #Chicago #ChicagoYouth

This year, Apprentice Learning has introduced over 300 8th and rising 9th grade students in #bostonpublicschools to their first workplace experiences and paid summer jobs. Building these skills early, as this terrific article highlights, provides an essential advantage for academic and workplace success. https://lnkd.in/g62mAvb4

Meet BeJay, one of TJC’s Nutrition Advocacy Interns! 🤩 During her internship, she conducted research for our webinar on the intersection of homelessness and hunger. Here’s what she found out: ⭐️ Between 2019-2021, there was a 33% increase in homelessness across the US (Source: Hud Exchange) ⭐️ 25% of renters in the U.S. spend half or more of their income solely on housing. This financial burden leaves insufficient resources for essential needs such as food (Source: Hud Exchange). ⭐️ In Tennessee, over 10,500 individuals were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2022, ranking us with the 16th highest homeless rate in the nation (Source: 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development). ⭐️ In 2023, Tennessee’s food insecurity rate was 17.5%, which is the third highest in the nation (Source: United States Census Bureau). Those are large stats! What’s a solution? 🤔 Safety net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can be extremely effective in supporting people facing homelessness.  That said, individuals who are unhoused face significant barriers to accessing SNAP benefits, such as lack of transportation, technology, and government-issued identification documents.  TJC advocates for ways to make the application process easier, so that everyone can gain access to the help they need. 💪🏛️ If you would like to learn more about this topic, visit tnjustice.org/trainings to watch the full “Housing Insecurity and Hunger” webinar recording! 💻 Also, if you are looking for an invaluable internship experience in the field of social justice and public health, visit tnjustice.org/careers! 💼 #TJCInterns #InternatTJC #InternshipOpportunities #NonprofitInternships

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The Shared Leadership Network met to explore the topic of Meaningfully Involving Families and Communities. THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED: Meaningfully involving students, families, and communities goes beyond asking for their opinions. It means intentionally involving them in the design process, actively encouraging families and community organizations to be on campus and involved in student activities, and valuing families as experts in their larger communities. Here are some examples ⬇️ ➡️ Teams devote time and funds for home visits, encouraging parent participation in some projects and internships, allowing students to gain credit while working to better their communities. ➡️ Teams decide to adopt a year-round schedule or adjust daily start and end times to better meet the needs of the students and community. ➡️ Teams advance a bilingual and bicultural program that is different from the district’s standard language immersion. ➡️ Teams decide to use a community schools model to meet the needs of the whole community, including offering medical and dental services, opening their campuses after school hours for activities and adult education, and providing social services connections. Interested in joining the Maricopa County Shared-Leadership Network? Register for free https://lnkd.in/g4fjcBtb #Shared-Leadership #Shared-LeadershipNetwork #Teacher-PoweredSchools #Teacher-Powered