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Youth Express - Keystone Community Services

Offers a year-round employment program that connects youth to employment, technology, and entrepreneurship. The program prepares young people for success in a competitive workforce by developing the work readiness skills and growth mindset employers need and expect. Opportunities include: - Express Bike Shop Apprenticeships: Youth take donated bikes and return them to productive service in a retail environment. Apprentices might accept donations, manage inventory, wait on customers, repair and maintain bikes, prepare damaged bikes for recycling, and complete a signature project as a team. - Food Shelf Apprenticeships: Located at Keystone's Rice Street food shelf, apprentices stock shelves, help with inventory control, and assist food shelf customers. Additionally, youth with language skills may serve as translators. Youth learn customer service skills and make a difference in their community. - Teen Tutor Apprenticeships: Apprentices provide literacy tutoring to younger students using the evidence-based Sonday System. Each tutor works with a small group of elementary students four days a week at the McDonough Community Center, providing structured sequential literacy lessons. - Teen Tech Apprenticeships: places members of Keystone's Teen Tech Center as paid summer tech apprentices at local companies. Apprentices will get work readiness training like other apprenticeships plus technical training to fit their roles.

Last assured

07/25/2025

Physical Address

1150 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55104

Hours

9 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 4 pm Friday

Fax

(651)645-8057

Application process

- Call; email; walk in - Interviews are conducted in cohorts. One cohort is in the summer, and a second changes from year to year depending on a number of factors. Please contact the program staff for the most up-to-date information.

Required documents

Application/registration form

Eligibility

Youth ages 14 - 18 in Saint Paul

Service area

Ramsey County, MN

Agency info

Keystone Community Services

Offers a variety of human service programs to residents of Ramsey County

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