Youth Programs
Worksites Needed for Youth
Host a youth’s summer or after school work experience! Be a part of making Delaware County’s future workforce great by giving a youth experience working at your company. The youth’s wages are covered by the program, but the great experience requires great employers. Come be part of the future!
Please contact Jenn Kacimi for more information: [email protected]
Youth Participant Programs
Allied Health Program
Community Action Agency of Delaware County (CAADC)
1414 Meetinghouse Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
Heather Parmely-Roegner
610-874-8451
Community Action Agency of Delaware County manages a program for out of school youth (17-24) who have a H.S. diploma or equivalent to receive training to become a clinical medical assistant and obtain an Allied Health certification from the National Health Career Association (NHA) and Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA).
Additional services include financial literacy and leadership development instruction, case management, supportive services, and job search/job placement assistance.
Program hours: 140 hours of classroom academic instruction and 160 hours of clinical externship with local health care providers for a total of 300 hours of participation. Must be income eligible and possess a barrier to employment.
Blueprint for Succes
Chester Education Foundation
419 Avenue of the States
Suite 700
Chester, PA 19013
Elaine Greene-Upton
610-364-1212
Chester Education Foundation provides a program for out-of-school youth (17-24) who have a high school diploma or equivalent and are provided with assessments, guidance and counseling case management, leadership training, financial literacy, career exploration, workshops, motivational speakers, job search/job readiness instruction, job placement assistance, paid and unpaid work experience.
Program hours: 20 hrs./week for (10) weeks for a total of 200 hours of participation. Must be income eligible and possess a barrier to employment.
Preparing Older Youth for Success (POYS)
Multi Cultural Community
Family Services, Inc.
7016 Terminal Square, Suite 1-A
Upper Darby, PA 19082
Portia Kamara
Gore Kamara
484-461-8660
Multi Cultural provides a program for out-of-school youth (17-24) with assessments, GED instruction, guidance and counseling, case management, financial literacy instruction, work experience, customer service training and certification, career exploration, workshops, motivational speakers, job search/job readiness instruction and job placement assistance.
Program hours: 25 hrs./week for (30) weeks for a total of 750 hours of participation. Must be income eligible and possess a barrier to employment.
Out of School Youth Program
Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc.
16 West Baltimore Pike
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Janin Baez
Office: 484-466-2478
Cell: 215-983-0183
[email protected]
Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. provides a program for out-of-school youth (17-24) with assessments, employability skills training, case management, tutoring, financial literacy and leadership development, GED instruction, guidance and counseling, work experience, job search/job readiness instruction, job placement assistance, and customer service training and certification.
Program hours: 25 hrs./week – (minimum 26 weeks) for a total of 300 hours of participation. Must be income eligible and possess a barrier to employment.
Pre-Apprenticeship Program and Disconnected Youth Programs
EDSI
160 E. 7th Street
Chester, PA 19013
Terrene Cowan
610-876-4855
EDSI’s Disconnected and adjudicated youth program provides opportunities for youth (17-24) who are not in school and with or without a diploma/GED. Services include basic skills assessment, employability skills, career pathways exploration, counseling, coaching, mentorship, paid work experience, industry-specific boot camps, entrepreneurial training, case management, financial literacy and leadership development instruction, supportive services, job placement, and one-year follow-up. Must be eligible and possess one or more WIOA barriers to employment.
EDSI’s Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship programs offer opportunities for youth (17-24) who are not in school with or without a diploma/GED. Services include Career Connections classroom curriculum, hands-on project completion, paid work experience, comprehensive case management, career pathways exploration, tutoring, leadership development, financial literacy instruction, employability skills, counseling, mentorship, supportive services, placement assistance, one-year follow-up, application assistance into a Registered Apprentice Program (RAP), credentialing, and enrollment in employment and advanced training. Must be eligible and possess one or more WIOA barriers to employment.
Are you 16-24 and ready to start your future?
Check out these programs:
Community Action Agency of Delaware County’s Allied Health Youth Program (AHYP) provides a career pathway opportunity for out-of-school youth, ages 17-24. Youth are provided training and hands on experience through on-site classes and clinical partnerships in a medical setting. Youth can obtain two national certifications through this program: Clinical Medical Assistant and Customer Services. AHYP offers youth the perfect opportunity to fast track into a Career in Healthcare. For more information please call (610) 874-8451.
Chester Education Foundation’s “Blueprint for Success”
An innovative and successful workforce development program that seeks to transform the lives of out-of-school youth ages 18-24 who live in the city of Chester and/or Delaware County. This program provides out-of-school youth with astructured and supportive environment to pursue their educational and career goals. The overall goal ofthis program is to provide program participants with intensive, culturally relevant services that assistthem in discovering and pursuing career pathways, education, and training in in-demand fields that willsignificantly improve their socio-economic trajectory.