RELEASE: Connecting Saint Paul Youth with Summer Jobs

For Immediate Release
February 14, 2014
Contact: Brad Meyer - brad.meyer@stpaul.gov

 

 

Connecting Saint Paul Youth with Summer Jobs

Right Track offers Saint Paul youth a variety of opportunities to gain work experience and build career skills.

 

(SAINT PAUL) - Youth applications for the City of Saint Paul’s Right Track summer jobs program will be available beginning Monday, February 17, 2014 on the City’s web page, www.stpaul.gov/jobs. Interested individuals should submit an application no later than midnight on Friday, March 14, 2014. The Right Track program is designed for Saint Paul youth and young adults ages 14-21 who are from low-income households or have a barrier to employment and are interested in summer work experience and career exploration. Eligible candidates for this program will have the opportunity to work in a variety of industries at over 100 different work sites during the summer.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Saint Paul youth ages 14 to 21 who are from low-income households and/or have a barrier to employment. Barriers to employment include:

• pregnant/parenting youth;
• youth with Limited English Proficiency;
• potential or actual dropouts;
• juvenile offenders/diversion program youth;
• youth receiving public assistance and/or group home services;
• youth with disabilities, including learning disabilities;
• homeless or runaway youth;
• chemically dependent or children of drug or alcohol abusers/dependents;
• youth with basic skills deficiency;
• youth with educational attainment one or more levels below grade level appropriate to age; and,
• foster children.

WHAT ARE THE WAGES?
Right Track workers are paid $7.25 an hour

HOW MANY HOURS DO RIGHT TRACK WORKERS WORK?
Right Track workers average 15 hours per week

WHEN DOES IT START?
Most jobs will begin June 16, 2014 and end August 22, 2014

TO APPLY
All applications must be completed and submitted online at www.stpaul.gov/jobs. Youth without access to a computer, or in need of assistance applying, can visit their local recreation center, library, or school.

About Right Track

Right Track is Saint Paul’s pipeline for youth career development and helps build a diverse future workforce. It brings together the City of Saint Paul, Saint Paul Public Schools, businesses and community-based organizations to provide work readiness and employment opportunities for youth. Since January 2004, the City of Saint Paul has employed and helped provide valuable career skills for more than 5,500 Saint Paul youth.   

Visit www.stpaul.gov/RightTrack for more information or email RightTrack@ci.stpaul.mn.us.

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About Saint Paul Parks & Recreation 

Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is a nationally accredited and gold medal award-winning organization that manages more than 170 parks and open spaces, AZA accredited Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 24 city-operated recreation centers, more than 100 miles of trails, an indoor and two outdoor aquatic facilities, a public beach, a variety of premium sports facilities, municipal golf courses, and Great River Passage - which is the new identity for all proposed public development along Saint Paul's more than 17 miles of Mississippi riverfront. For more information about Saint Paul Parks and Recreation, visit www.stpaul.gov/parks.