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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-22-0031 BackupLIBERTE'vt�' TRUST May 31, 2022 James McQueen, Executive Director Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency 819 NW 2nd Avenue 3rd Floor Miami, Florida 33136 Re: 2022 Youth Employment Program (YEP) Request for Funds Dear Mr. McQueen: The Liberty City Trust is requesting funding to continue to employ youth for the 2022 Summer Youth Employment Program. The summer program will employ up to 10 or more Overtown youth between the ages of 14 and 18. Youth are given the opportunity to work 20 hours per week for 8 weeks at the rate of $10.00 per hour. The Liberty City Trust ("Trust") was created by Ordinance 12859 in 2006, which Ordinance charge the Trust to provide oversight and facilitate the City's revitalization efforts and activities according to the City's Five Year Consolidated Plan. In 2015, the Trust implemented a summer youth employment program through funds provided by the District V Anti -Poverty Initiative. Through this program, the Trust has employed over 400 youth to date. The following components were added to the program: (1) Restaurant Component in which 12 participants upon graduating from school received their Food Safety Licenses and had the opportunity to become employed in the food industry, as Managers, or even Chefs; and (2) Artificial Turf wherein the youth prepared the fields for athletes to play on. At the end of the summer program, participants were invited to a recognition ceremony and given certificates of completion. This summer youth program will aid and provide participants the following: (1) income to low-income based families; (2) job experience; and (3) an outlet to keep youth out of trouble while school is out for the summer. Our goal is to continue working to build individual strengths of the participants and incorporating youth development principles as being key for career development and work force readiness. These principles include James McQueen, Executive Director May 31, 2022 Page 2 of 2 engaging the talents and interests of youth, developing their skills and competencies, and providing positive adult role models. The Liberty City Trust is requesting $25,000.00 to fund the following program items: • Salary (10 participants @ $10 per hour) $20,800.00 • FICA Taxes/ Unemployment 1,591.00 • ADP Fee 700.00 • Background Checks 845.00 • Supplies 479.00 • Uniforms 583.00 $25,000.00 Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at (305) 329-4707. We thank you in advance for your consideration of this summer youth program initiative for 2022. Sincerely, Elaine H. Black President/ CEO Attachments: YEP pictures U M Y A , � F s Ulk-- 3ERTY CITY RUST_ I[1'1'H E'11 PLOY1 ENT PR06RAM '-� , a I n i -77t k The Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust (the "Trust') was created by Ordinance No. 12859 in 2006. The Ordinance charges the Trust to provide oversight and facilitate the City's revitalization efforts and activities. In 2015, the Trust implemented a Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) which has employed over400youth and the number keeps ,growing every year. This program aides and provides to the community (1) income to low- income based families; (2) job experience; and (3) youth an outlet to keep out of trouble while school is out for the summer. The summer program employs individuals between the ages of 14 and 18. It is a work program designed to: (1) build the strengths of the participant; (2) promote career development; and (3) workforce readiness. In addition, to it being a work experience program, we are engaging the talents and interests of the intern to develop life skills and competencies as follows: Course goals Learn and improve Employment, Social and Financial Management Skills. Apply classroom theory to real job experiences. Gain a better understanding of human relations in the workplace. Course Duration June 14, 2022 -August 4, 2022 Group Sessions - 2 hours a week Individual Session -1 hour for interns who may need additional assistance. Coursework.Calendar June 13 -17, 2022 Orientation: Introduction to the program, worksites and supervisors. June 20 - 24, 2022 Self Esteem: Interns will learn about self esteem through various exercises and assignments. June 27 - July 1, 2022 Resume Writing: Introduction to the fundamentals of resume building. July 4 — 7, 2022 Speaking: Confidence in Speaking. Interns will work on speaking in public and create a 90 minute elevator speech. July 11-15, 2022 Writing, Application Completion and Answering written questions. July 18-22, 2022 Financial Management (Guest): Interns will learn the basic ofmanaging th eirfina n ces; from starting a bank account and depositing checks to using online banking and income taxes from a Finance Expert. July 25 - 29, 2022 Job Search and Career Planning: Using all skills from the previous weeks to help the students define their career path and learn to use online job services to apply for jobs. August 1-5, 2022 Review/Closing Event: Interns will review the 8 week curriculum and show how they can apply their lesson to real Job experience.