Invest in the future workforce with Hillary
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
STL Youth JobsSupport the 300 young people participating in STL Youth Jobs programs this summer
$650
raised by 3 people
$2,500 goal
While STL Youth Jobs is primarily known for the job readiness training, job coaching, and paid summer jobs we provide to 300 to 400 St. Louis youth each year, STLYJ also uses a multi-faceted approach to building financial stability (and future economic mobility) among those we serve.
This approach includes the following:
- Summer jobs that pay youth $15 an hour for our Summer Work Experience (SWE) participants and $17 an hour for young adults participating in our Career Accelerator Pathway (CAP, a more advanced program than SWE)
- Connections to youth-friendly checking and savings accounts with our partnering financial institutions
- A matched savings opportunity (matching SWE and CAP youth deposits into their savings accounts) offered in partnership with the St. Louis Community Credit Union.
- Financial education that includes the importance of savings/assets, establishing credit and maintaining good credit scores, developing (and following) personal budgets, and other approaches to smart money management.
Due to big cuts in public funding for nonprofits as well as increases in the wages we pay to our participants, your support is needed now more than ever. Every donation counts!