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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL..MIN
Presented
t A Resolution Establishing the City Council's Expectationsfor the
2 City of Saint Paul's Summer 2005 Youth Employment Program
3 WHEREAS, $400,000 of Community Development Block Grant program funds for fiscal year 2005 will be
a allocated to surnnier jobs for youth in Saint Paul; and
5 WHEREAS, the CiTy has supported summer employment programs for youth in vazious forms for many yeazs
6 which represents an important opportunity to provide low-income Saint Paul youth with valuable work skills and
� experiences; and
8 WHEREAS, Council Reseazch has identified needed changes to the summer youth employment program, and
10 WHEREAS, no formal study of effectiveness has been conducted of the youth job program which measures its
11 success at meeting its program goals — either when administered by the County and School District or the City; now
t2 therefore, be it
13 RESOLVED, that the City Council establishes the following program goals for the City of Saint Paul-CDBG-
i a funded summer youth employment program:
15 That the program provide ten weeks of real world work experience for at least 300 low income Saint Paul
16 youth, many of whom have no other constructive auenue availabie for using their talents and energies
17 during the summer months;
18 That the program provide these youth with basic life skilis and work world training to better prepare them
�9 for entering ttie workforce in coming years;
zo That the program strive to forge bonds between the City and other program employers with youth and the
zl community who aze developing the skills to join the ranks of their workers;
22 That the youth workers do work for the City ar their other agency employer that truly serves the needs of
23 the employer and communiTy, thus providing incentive for continued sponsorship of the program; and
24 That the program develop leadership and mentoring skills among the City and other agency staff who serve
zs as youth supervisors in the program; and be it
26 RESOLVED, that the City Council establishes the following expectations for the City of Saint Paul-CDBG-funded
27 summer youth employment program:
z8 That the program track the total number of program participants and the number of hours that they worked
z9 Por the duration of the summer 2005 youth employment program. These numbers should be reported in an
3o end of the year report presented to the City Council in the fall of 2005 so they can be considered during the
31 budget process;
32 That the participants who drop out of the program be contacted to see why they dropped out and if anything
33 can be done to keep them in the program;
34 That a complete accounting of program expenses, cleazly separating youth-worker, intern, and supervisor
35 wages and including in-kind contributions, be tracked and reported to the City Council;
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1 That the City shall work with nonprofit organizations which have experience providing youth with
2 meaningful work experiences and job skill training opportunities;
3 That the City coordinate the program with other youth employment programs in order to maximize other
4 sources of state and federal youth program funding, and to ensure a coordinated recruihnent and referral
5 strategy;
6 That the City look broadly, across all City departments, to idenrify potential job sites to offer youth a
� practical work experience and opportunities for cazeer exposure;
8 That the youth supervisors, be they City staff; partner agency staff, or college intems, be provided with
9 training on both supervision skills and basic information on working with disadvantaged youth;
10 That an element be added to the summer youth job program that involves developing leadership and
11 mentoring skills of college students hired to work with the youth in the program;
12 That the job program participant evaluations be distributed, filled out, and handed-in at work sites during
13 the last week of the program, with superoisors making sure that the mazimum number of responses are
14 received;
15 That the program maintains a supervisor-to-worker ratio of at least 1-to-5 and that this ratio should be
16 maintained even if the program has fewer participants;
17 That a comprehensive list of supervisor names and worksite locations be submitted in the year-end report
18 to the City Council.
19 That the progam engage the services of experienced youth job counselors to assist with job retention, life-
2o skills development, cazeer exposure, job seeking skills development and other, related, job training activities;
21 That a centralized staff person is designated to field youth participant calls and questions; and be it
2z FURTHER RESOLVED, that a plan for program imptementation be submitted to the Council no later than May 1 l,
23 2005; and be it
za FURTI�R RESOLVED, that the Council hereby announces its intention to hold in contingency future allocations
25 for the summer youth jobs program until an annual report on the 2005 program and a proposal for the
z6 implementation of the 2006 program is approved by Council resolution; and
z� FURTHER RESOLVED, that Council Research review and comment on if needed, the job program participant
z8 evaluations; and be it
29 FINALLY RESOLVED, that a formal program evaluation or assessment be conducted which includes specific
30 discussion and data on both the program goals and measurable objectives, and that this be submitted for City
31 Council consideration no later than November 1, 2005.
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Establishing the CiTy Council's Expectarions for the City of Saint Paul's Summer 2005 Youth Employment Program.
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