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Youth employment programs place hundreds of students in summer jobs; Park Corps engages CTE
Summary
Staff said YETI recruits youth ages 14–24 for summer employment; Teen Teamworks employed 171 high school students (119 were MPS students) and the Minneapolis Park Corps connected with CTE staff to gauge student interest in trades careers.
Staff reported that Youth Employment & Training Initiatives (YETI) recruits youth ages 14–24 for summer employment opportunities and that the Minneapolis Park Corps, a new employment program for ages 18–24, connected with career and technical education (CTE) staff to gauge interest.
Teen Teamworks was described as a foundational employment program: it employed 171 high school students during the season, 119 of whom were enrolled in MPS; staff also said 24 adult seasonal staff were hired and 14 of those were employed by MPS during the school year. Staff positioned these programs as pathways to careers and as collaboration points between MPS and park workforce initiatives.
