Description
Believing that youth are our future, YouthLEAD provides eligible youth with useful and necessary skill training and/or basic education and employment opportunities. The specific goal is to prepare youth for employment or post-secondary education following completion of a high school education or, for older youth, help them begin and maintain progress on a satisfying career track.
Priority for enrollment is determined on the basis of income.
Services Available
YouthLEAD can provide such services as a positive work experience, development of career goals, exploration of post-secondary options, personalized Lifework Portfolio, a mentor, leadership development opportunities, and academic help.
YouthLEAD Brochure
Youth Application for YouthLEAD, Workforce Investment Act (WIA), and Minnesota Youth Program (MYP) Programs.
Youth Under Construction (YUC) is a newsletter for youth and written by youth in the YouthLEAD program.
YUC September 2009
YUC June 2009
YUC February 2009
Resource Links
Click on the links below for additional information on youth programming both locally and nationwide.
America’s Career InfoNet
America’s Job Bank
America’s Talent Bank
CareerOverview
Child Labor Laws
Connecting Youth to Communities and Careers
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Minnesota's Job Bank
Minnesota WorkForce Center
National Youth Employment Coalition
Promising & Effective Practices Network (PEPnet)
U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training
Youth Community Connection
