San Francisco YouthWorks

A recent article in Science found that youth who were enrolled in a summer employment program in Chicago were less likely to become arrested for a violent crime offense than a control group that did not receive

This week, Employment Coordinators will introduce YouthWorks’ Individualized Development Plan (IDP) to interns. Interns will use the IDP to help set specific, short term goals during their internships. Previous interns have set goals that included

SF YouthWorks would like to wish our newly hired ’14 – ’15 School Year interns a great first day of work this week! Interns have already been hard at work attending two pre-employment trainings that

YouthWorks would like to welcome our newest Employment Coordinator, Sabrina! Sabrina Mah was born and raised in the East Bay Area, specifically Alameda and Oakland. She attended Encinal High School, and graduated with her BA

YouthWorks has hired its 2014-2015 Youth Leadership Team (YLT)! Youth Leadership Team members are former YouthWorks interns who return for a second year in order to plan and facilitate workshops for current interns and assist

  On September 20th, runners and walkers of all abilities will gather at San Francisco’s Crissy Field for JCYC’s SF Aloha 5K. This event-packed day will feature a 5K race, a Keiki Run (for ages

Mayor’s Office on Disability Intern Anna Bernick wrote this piece describing her first few weeks as a YouthWorks Intern. To see a video of her presentation, click on the link here. (Her presentation begins at

To start off their work week, interns attended our Enrichment Day where they participated in professional development workshops and attended a career panel with city officials. Department of Public Health panelist, Vincent Fuqua, shared this

Over 250 interns head off to their first day of work this week as part of the 2014 Summer YouthWorks session. Over the next eight weeks, interns will gain valuable job experience, create resumes, and

YouthWorks is excited to announce the addition of our newest staff members: Leslie Long, Danielle Anderson, and Andrew Wu! All three coordinators have previously participated in JCYC youth employment programs and are excited to give