The Youth Employment Partnership, Inc.
Providing employment training to Oakland
youth since 1973
2300
International Boulevard, Oakland CA 94601
Map
phone:
510.533.3447 fax: 510.533.3469 email: info@yep.org
Monday –
Friday 8am – 6pm
please call for current program openings or stop by to
complete an application!
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Americorps Neighborhood
Investment Team |
Oakland Youth
Self-Sufficiency |
Future Workforce for
In-School Youth |
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Ages 18
- 24 This program will recruit
AmeriCorps members who will engage in an array of activities in the |
Ages 16 - 24 The YSS program is designed to enroll court-involved
youth, wards of the court, foster care youth, emancipated youth, and youth
with learning disabilities into a paid job training curriculum. Funded by the
Department of Labor. |
Ages 16 - 18 Youth
work after school and on weekends in a paid internship based on their
interests. Participants receive work maturity training and career counseling.
Income guidelines apply. Funded by the Workforce Investment Act. |
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Future Workforce for
Out-of-School Youth |
Team Oakland |
YouthBuild |
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Ages 19 - 21 Young
adults receive intensive training in a skill or trade and work in paid
internships based on their career interests. Participants receive work
maturity training and career counseling. Income guidelines apply. Funded by
the Workforce Investment Act. |
Ages 15 - 21 Through partnerships with the City of Oakland Public
Works Agency & the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources, youth
receive classroom training in social and environmental issues and on-the-job
training in landscaping, mural painting, urban gardening, and litter
abatement. Funded by the City of
Oakland Public Works Agency. |
Ages 18 - 24 Through
a partnership with Oakland Housing Authority, Laney College, and the OUSD
Adult School, this program trains young adults in carpentry &
construction, both in the classroom and in the field. Participants build and/or gut-rehabilitate
low-income housing. Funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development. |
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Career Alternatives |
Career Try-Out |
Mayor’s Summer Job Program |
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Ages 14 - 17 This new
program provides youth in Alternative Education with leadership and career
exploration workshops. Participants receive a paid internship and job
placement assistance in the field of their choice. This year the program will
operate from January to December 2005 and serves youth ages 14 & 15
(Trainee) and 16 & 17 (Youth Leader). Funded by the State of California
Board of Corrections. |
Ages 14 – 15, 18 - 20 This
training opportunity provides youth with leadership and career exploration
workshops. Participants receive a paid internship and job placement
assistance in the field of their choice. The program operates each summer and
serves youth ages 14 & 15 (Trainee) and 18-20 (Youth Leader). Funded by
the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth. YEP also operates a Career Try-Out program at the
Youth and Family Center at McClymonds High School. Funded by the San
Francisco Foundation. |
Ages 14
- 21 In
partnership with the City of Oakland and local nonprofit organizations, this
program recruits and prepares youth for summer jobs in the community. Youth
participate in a series of intensive job readiness trainings and are given
opportunities to interview with local employers. Funded by the City of
Oakland. |
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Customized Training
Partnership Program |
Knights’ Café |
YEP Charter High School |
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Ages 18 – 21 This
program trains young adults through transitional employment at local
employers. Participants receive employability training and education through
GED prep or Community College. Funded by the Workforce Investment Act
Customized Training Program and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. |
Ages 16 – 18 This
program provides customer service and entrepreneurial training through
operating a café at the Oakland International Airport. Youth from Castlemont
High School participate in classroom and on-the-job training and learn the
fundamentals of operating a business and the principles of quality customer
service. |
Ages 14 - 18 The YEP Charter school is designed to re-engage youth
who have dropped out of high school. During a two-year period, students work
towards earning a high school diploma while participating in one of three training
strands: Construction Skills; Child Development; or, Technology, each of
which will lead to vocational certification.
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Education & Support Services |
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All clients have access to additional assistance with
issues that may be impeding their success.
Some of these additional services are provided in-house, while others
require referral to outside agencies.
They include after-school tutorials, GED assistance or enrollment in
our Charter High School, Driver’s License assistance, Substance Abuse
counseling, transportation assistance, childcare assistance, mental health
counseling, and so on, as the needs arise in each client’s case. Funding for
support services is through a variety of public sector, private sector and
foundation resources. |
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~ YEP thanks
recent funders for their generous support
of our programs, support services, and
building rehabilitation ~
City of Oakland, US Department of Labor, Oakland Private
Industry Council, Oakland Housing Authority, Merrill Lynch,
US
Department of Housing & Urban Development, California Department of Education,
Governor’s Office on Service & Volunteerism,
California
Service Corps, Alameda County Office of Education, Alameda County Recycling
Board,
State of
California Board of Corrections, Y&H Soda Foundation, David B. Gold
Foundation, JM Long Foundation,
Giants
Community Fund, Morris Stulsaft Foundation, Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund,
Janus Foundation,
Give Something Back Business Products, Hilton
Hotels, Union Bank, Bank of the West, ING Foundation, Alexander & Baldwin
Foundation,
SBC
Communications, Clorox Company Foundation, California Youth Authority, US
District Court, US Dept of Health & Human Services,
Hedco
Foundation, Home Depot Foundation, Port of Oakland, Environmental Protection Agency,
Dreyer’s Foundation,
Charles
& Helen Schwab Foundation, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Wayne &
Gladys Valley Foundation,
Chevron-Texaco, Thomas J. Long Foundation, Lowell Berry Foundation