Programs
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
E CITY 150-200 students
- Delivered at many sites in Cuyahoga, Lake, and Summit Counties
- Focus on entrepreneurship training and development of business plan
- Offered in formats ranging from two weeks (Biz Camps) to one year
- Uses national NFTE curriculum, with extensive support from E CITY volunteers
E CITY Plus 60 students
- After-school at Glenville and JF Kennedy HS (Cleveland) and Shaw HS (East Cleveland)
- Focus on entrepreneurship training, plus employability skills, college access, and summer jobs
- In partnership with Cleveland Scholarship Program
EMPLOYMENT
Prime Time Fairfax 35 students
- After-school at ML King Branch of Cleveland Public Library
- Focus on life skills, employability skills, and career exploration
- Funded by JPMorgan Chase to serve Cleveland's Fairfax Neighborhood
Employment Services 100 students
- At Euclid HS (Euclid)
- Provides students with employability skills and job placement
Frank G. Jackson Youth Summer Employment Program 200 teens
- Provides City of Cleveland teens a wide range of summer jobs in Division of Water, Division of Water Pollution, Cleveland Public Power, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District.
MyCom Jobs and Internships 200 youth
- Focus on placing youth in summer jobs with nonprofit, public, and private-sector employers
- Works year-round with MyCom Neighborhoods (8 in Cleveland and inner-ring suburbs)
Other Summer Jobs Programs number varies depending on government funding
EDUCATION
Jobs for Ohio's Graduates (JOG) 160 students + follow-up for graduates in Class of 2011
- At East Tech, Glenville, John Adams, and JF Kennedy (Cleveland Metropolitan School District)
- Focus on HS graduation and post-secondary success
- Delivered in-school, as 1-credit daily elective class, and affiliated with a national Best Practice
Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) 100 students
- Held after-school at Shaw HS (East Cleveland) and Lincoln-West HS (Cleveland)
- Delivered after-school, with focus on HS graduation and drug-refusal skills
- Funded by ADAMHS Board; at Lincoln-West, in partnership with Scranton Road Ministries