HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up DocumentLIBERTY CITY
TRUST
You ri-i EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Program Overview
The Liberty City Trust is requesting funding from District 5 Commissioner Hardemon
Anti -Poverty Initiative Grant for the school year 2016-17. YEP will provide employers
with 13 entry-level employees. Youth work experience will be up to 12 hours per week for
28 weeks after school, starting October 31, 2016 to May 26, 2017. They will not work
during the winter recess.
The goal of the program 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 engaging the talents and
interests of youth, developing their skills and competencies, and providing positive adult
role models.
YEP participants are Liberty City/Haiti residents between the ages of 14 and 18 and are
enthusiastic, not just about earning some money during the school year, but about
building their resumes with good work experience, acquiring career oriented skills, and
attaining marketable skills to help them prepare for the workplace. Youth are expected
to follow the same work routine and procedures that a regular employee would follow as
it relates to attendance, breaks, attire, job expectations, behavior, feedback and
correction, and if necessary, disciplinary procedures.
Worksites have been chosen based on opportunities for training, career exposure,
development of workforce readiness skills, good supervision and appropriate safety
protocols.
The YEP program pays the youth's wages and all applicable payroll taxes. To retain their
employment, the youth will be required to review their Report Cards quarterly with the
YEP Manager.
Key Partners
Key partners in this program include:
• Liberty City Trust, which is responsible for recruiting participants for the program
from the youth that participated in the SYEP-2106, managing the funding for the
program, and will be responsible for program oversight, monitoring and
performance. In addition, to work closely with the worksite to create and ensure
a safe, productive, and mutually rewarding work experience.
• The worksite supervisor will be responsible for providing a meaningful work
experience in a safe environment that exposes youth to the normal expectations
and duties of a work site, and for providing training and feedback so that the youth
develop the skills necessary to succeed in the workplace. They will complete an
evaluation of the youth at the beginning and at the end of their employment.
Proposed Budget for 2017 YEP
Number of
Participants
Hourly
Rate
Number of Hours
Per Week
Length of
Time
Amount Requested
13
$10.00
12 hours
28 weeks
$50,000.00
Salary $43,680.00
FICA Taxes/Unemployment 3,341.52
ADP Fee (Biweekly schedule (14)) 2,240.00
Office supplies and miscellaneous 738.00
Total $50,000.00