Services include, but are not limited to: ?- Assistance with resumes, job applications, and interview preparations ?- Budgeting assistance ?- Career counseling and exploration ?- Employment and job search workshops ??- Goal setting ?- Introduction to listings of regional job openings ?- Job placement assistance ??- On-the-job training opportunities ?- Paid work experience programs with local employers ?- Post-high school education assistance - Referrals to other service agencies that may be of assistance ?- Skill training in reading, math, job, and life skills ?- Supportive services such as transportation, childcare, housing, etc. may be available if eligible for one of the programs. ?- Tests and assessments to find interest levels and skills

- Healthy Movement Programming includes: - Athletic programs: Individual/teams including basketball, flag football, soccer and baseball - Open gym and physical activities - Outdoor and environmental education - Conflict resolution - Counseling - Education/Computer Learning Center includes computer driving stimulation program to practice safe driving, basic instruction, and avoiding risky behaviors while driving - Nutrition program includes: - Healthy meal/snack served daily - Nutrition education and meal preparation - Gardening opportunities - K - 8 Reading and literacy enrichment program for youth who have been assessed as needing focused reading support, and numeracy enrichment to assist youth in transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn" skills with a focus on building math proficiencies - K - 12 Academic enrichment program for youth to promote academic growth Offers 1:1 academic support including tutoring, skills to become self-directed learners, STEM focused activities and Mentoring program - Leadership/citizenship groups - Life skills education - Teen Pathways College Readiness Program: Individualized support and assistance preparing youth for ACT/SAT exams, college applications, college visits and other assistance as needed to ensure student's progress - Teen Pathways Employment Readiness Program: Individualized and mentoring support to enhance working and life skills including managing a checking account, creating a budget, saving and investing, career plans and mentoring, vocational exploration, interviewing techniques and additional services as needed to ensure a student's success beyond high school - "Smart Moves" drug and alcohol use prevention program and premature sexual activity prevention

Provides specialized programs to help individuals with disabilities find and maintain employment within their community. - Employment Development: Focuses on developing skills including work orientation, work activity training, community orientation, and personal habit development for work and personal life - Employment Exploration: Includes informational interviews, employer site tours, peer mentoring, and job shadows - Employment Support: Offers group or individual placement with business partners in an integrated community setting, with support tailored to each person's needs - Vocational Rehab: Provides services such as internships, job tryouts, on-the-job evaluations, placement services, paid work experiences, and transportation training.

Services include, but are not limited to: ?- Assistance with resumes, job applications, and interview preparations ?- Budgeting assistance ?- Career counseling and exploration ?- Employment and job search workshops ??- Goal setting ?- Introduction to listings of regional job openings ?- Job placement assistance ??- On-the-job training opportunities ?- Paid work experience programs with local employers ?- Post-high school education assistance - Referrals to other service agencies that may be of assistance ?- Skill training in reading, math, job, and life skills ?- Supportive services such as transportation, childcare, housing, etc. may be available if eligible for one of the programs. ?- Tests and assessments to find interest levels and skills

Youth development activities: - Arts and crafts - Athletic programs - Conflict resolution - Counseling - Dance - Digital arts and technology programs - Education/computer learning center - Healthy snack program - Leadership/citizenship groups - Life skills - Open gym and physical activities - Outdoor and environmental education - Rec room tournaments - Social recreation program: group games/activities - Tutoring/homework helper - Vocational exploration

In partnership with Girls, Inc., YWCA offers a mentorship program delivered by trained professionals to help youth take risks, discover and grow their strengths, learn to value themselves, and create long-lasting mentorship in a pro-girl environment. Offers a research-based curriculum to help participants to: - Achieve academically - Discover an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) - Lead healthy and physically active lives - Make positive connections to peers and adults, contribute to society, and believe in their ability to create the best possible future for themselves - Manage money - Navigate media messages Programs Offered: - Girls Inc. Eureka Program: A five-year cohort for youth interested in STEM fields. Partners with the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota to guide participants to explore career interests and dreams while supporting them through high school graduation and preparing them for their next steps. - Girls RAP Program (Resolution and Prevention) Program: An intervention program that works with 12-18 years old girl-identifying youth using an empowerment framework. Community RAP works with youth who are involved or at-risk for involvement with the juvenile justice and adjacent systems. School-based RAP works with youth who may be experiencing challenges with or within the school environment. - Out-of-School Time Program: Available to girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 4-8 in the Minneapolis Public Schools and at YWCA Minneapolis. The program focuses on economic literacy, leadership, community engagement, and healthy decision making.

Provides a continuum of work readiness services including GED preparation, classes in job finding/keeping skills, career exploration, post-secondary planning, certification and training in building trades, health care, and information technology.

Provides employment and training services to young adults such as: - Assists with transition from school to higher education, the military, or employment - Career exploration - GED/Adult High School Diploma support - "Get Started" program to help enroll and complete an educational goal - Paid work experience/internships to learn skills needed to succeed in the job market - Possible funding for transportation, educational, or employment needs - Resume writing, classes on job search, job retention, and support services - Virtual courses in budgeting, communication, health and wellness, and community exploration

Service which helps individuals explore career paths and choose employment based on their preferences, strengths, abilities, and needs.

Provides vocationally-based wrap-around services based on an individual's needs, interests, and experiences. Service offered: - Customized employment discovery services - Employee development services - Informational Interviews - Internship services - Job coaching - Job seeking skills training - Job shadow - Job tryout services - On-the-Job evaluation services - Work experiences

Career Services SOAR participants receive professional one on one support from their Career Specialist while working on developing their employment plan. The employment plan includes employment goals and milestones and identifies potential barriers to employment success. Career Specialists will assist participants to reduce barriers (i.e. transportation, child care, employment scheduling, education attainment level) associated with goal completion. Career Specialists will support participants to develop their resumes and applications, practice mock interviews, engage in job search efforts and help increase overall work readiness skills. Once participants obtain employment, their Career Specialist will continue one on one case management support to assist in addressing any new barriers that may threaten long-term employment and ensure employment retention. Career Exploration Career Specialists will work with participants to identify their skills, interests and learning style, and then match their results to career fields that are the "best fit" for them. Participants will learn about employment opportunities and how to move up in their chosen career field and gain insight into the work culture, wage ranges and educational requirements. Participants will also get the opportunity to meet with employers and employees from different industries, and go on tours of different work sites. All of these activities will provide participants with a clear variety of high-demand industries in northeastern MN. Career exploration opportunities include the hospitality, manufacturing, construction/building trades, healthcare and transportation industries and more.

Services include, but are not limited to: ?- Assistance with resumes, job applications, and interview preparations ?- Budgeting assistance ?- Career counseling and exploration ?- Employment and job search workshops ??- Goal setting ?- Introduction to listings of regional job openings ?- Job placement assistance ??- On-the-job training opportunities ?- Paid work experience programs with local employers ?- Post-high school education assistance - Referrals to other service agencies that may be of assistance ?- Skill training in reading, math, job, and life skills ?- Supportive services such as transportation, childcare, housing, etc. may be available if eligible for one of the programs. ?- Tests and assessments to find interest levels and skills

Offers employment services for individuals living with a disability to help them navigate employment options that are a right fit for them. The Employment Department of Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI) is available at all locations and works with each individual to find a match to meet employment goals. Services include: - Career Skills Training: Help individuals build personal and professional development for lifelong career skills - Community Placement Services: The Placement Team works with job seekers and referral sources to find the best employment fit for the individual's skills, abilities, and interests - Job Placement: Offers meaningful work, such as assembling plastic containers, putting together kits for medical companies, and operating packaging equipment - On-the-Job Training: Offers a support team to provide daily coaching, training, goal setting, identify skills/abilities, retain job, and more

Youth development activities: - Arts and crafts - Athletic programs - Conflict resolution - Counseling - Dance - Digital arts and technology programs - Education/computer learning center - Healthy snack program - Leadership/citizenship groups - Life skills - Open gym and physical activities - Outdoor and environmental education - Rec room tournaments - Social recreation program: group games/activities - Tutoring/homework helper - Vocational exploration

Youth development activities: - Arts and crafts - Athletic programs - Conflict resolution - Counseling - Dance - Digital arts and technology programs - Education/computer learning center - Healthy snack program - Leadership/citizenship groups - Life skills - Open gym and physical activities - Outdoor and environmental education - Rec room tournaments - Social recreation program: group games/activities - Tutoring/homework helper - Vocational exploration

Work-related services providing: - Business planning for self-Employment in the arts - Job coaching - Job placement - Job retention - Job shadowing - On-the-job training - Resume, application, and interview assistance - Transportation support - Vocational interest and exploration

Helps secondary students with disabilities prepare for life after graduation. Provides an opportunity for youth to explore career and training options, gain work skills, and learn how to be successful after high school. Specific offerings include job, career, and postsecondary exploration assistance; work-readiness training; and instruction on the topic of self-advocacy.

Promotes youth development by instilling a sense of accomplishment, competence, belonging, and usefulness. Programs: - Academic success: Goal is for every member to graduate on time with a plan for their future, whether that plan is post-secondary or a career. Homework help, tutoring, mentoring, chess club, computer classes, and career exploration. - Character and leadership: Offers programs designed to help members practice and strengthen leadership and problem-solving skills. Community service and support groups. - Healthy lifestyles: Programs help members learn how to engage in positive behaviors, set personal goals and grow into self-sufficient adults who can make healthy choices. Yoga, exercise classes, gardening instruction, and gym time. - The arts: Offers a variety of arts programming so that members can learn to express themselves through visual arts, applied arts and performing arts in a safe space. Painting, drawing, and bracelet making.

Promotes youth development by instilling a sense of accomplishment, competence, belonging, and usefulness. Programs: - Academic success: Goal is for every member to graduate on time with a plan for their future, whether that plan is post-secondary or a career. Homework help, tutoring, mentoring, chess club, computer classes, and career exploration. - Character and leadership: Offers programs designed to help members practice and strengthen leadership and problem-solving skills. Community service and support groups. - Healthy lifestyles: Programs help members learn how to engage in positive behaviors, set personal goals and grow into self-sufficient adults who can make healthy choices. Yoga, exercise classes, gardening instruction, and gym time. - The arts: Offers a variety of arts programming so that members can learn to express themselves through visual arts, applied arts and performing arts in a safe space. Painting, drawing, and bracelet making.

Promotes youth development by instilling a sense of accomplishment, competence, belonging, and usefulness. Programs: - Academic success: Goal is for every member to graduate on time with a plan for their future, whether that plan is post-secondary or a career. Homework help, tutoring, mentoring, chess club, computer classes, and career exploration. - Character and leadership: Offers programs designed to help members practice and strengthen leadership and problem-solving skills. Community service and support groups. - Healthy lifestyles: Programs help members learn how to engage in positive behaviors, set personal goals and grow into self-sufficient adults who can make healthy choices. Yoga, exercise classes, gardening instruction, and gym time. - The arts: Offers a variety of arts programming so that members can learn to express themselves through visual arts, applied arts and performing arts in a safe space. Painting, drawing, and bracelet making.

Job search resource center: - Career exploration - Computers, printers and fax machine available to use - Environmental and Construction Workers Training Program trains and places people in the construction trades, including certification in Hazmat, OSHA 30, Confined Space, First Aid, CPR and Adult AED - Job development - Job interview training, job search techniques, and resume preparation assistance through workshops - Job retention services - Job search and placement assistance - Job skills training - Job training through apprenticeships, classroom instruction, internships, and on-the-job training - MPower: 8-week summer youth career exposure and mentorship program created to develop the skills high school students ages 14 - 18 who are residents of the east side of Saint Paul already possess. Through this college and career exposure program, students get paid to explore the pathways to careers that interest them. Provides college tours, company tours, internship opportunities, job search support, professional development, and trade/union hall tours. - Referrals to job fairs and job hotlines

Workshop provides young BIPOC women with the resources and training they need to pursue careers in the arts and technology-driven industries. Offers access to high-quality technology and training. The program focuses on the skilled trades, arts, robotics, and technology.

Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages in sessions beginning each September, January, and April. Class offerings include after-school skiing, art, bike rodeo, babysitter lessons, and safety training, career expo, college test prep courses (ACT), cross-country running, driver education, clay shooting education, fishing education, homework help, swimming, volleyball, youth archery, youth ATV safety, youth snowmobile safety, and more.

Job exploration counseling: - - Career mentorship - - Identification of career pathways of interest to students - - In-demand industries and occupations - - Informational interviews - - Job shadowing - - Non-traditional employment options - - Skills verification - - The labor market - - Vocational interests - - Workplace tours/field trips Work Based Learning: Uses the workplace or real work to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will help them connect school experiences to real-life work activities and future career opportunities. - - Career mentorship - - Informational interviews - - Job shadowing - - Paid and non-paid work based learning internships - - Paid and non-paid work experience - - Practicum - - Service learning - - Student-led enterprises - - Volunteering - - Workplace tours/field trips - - Youth apprenticeships Counseling on Postsecondary Education: Options may include - - - Advising students and parents or representatives on academic curricula - - Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) - - Providing information about college application and admissions processes - - Providing resources that may be used to support individual student success in education and training (i.e., disability support services) Workplace Readiness Training: Teaches skills such as - - - Communication and interpersonal skills - - Financial literacy, benefits planning - - Job-seeking skills - - Navigating transportation options - - Understanding employer expectations for punctuality and performance, as well as other "soft" skills necessary for employment - - Utilizing assistive technology effectively Self-advocacy: Provides instruction including - - - Learning about personal rights and responsibilities - - Learning how to request accommodations, or services and supports - - Mentoring with educational staff such as principals, nurses, teachers, or office staff - - Participating in youth leadership activities offered in educational or community settings - - Peer mentoring from individuals with disabilities working in competitive integrated employment

Community Engagement Division - Community Partnerships Unit - A Community Outreach Program (A.C.O.P.) (651)558-2305 - Community Outreach and Stabilization Unit (C.O.A.S.T.) - Police Reserve Program: (651)558-2350 - Public Relations - Traffic and Pedestrian Unit: includes accident/Traffic and School Police, (651)291-1111 - Investigator: (651)266-5722 - Accident reconstruction, forensic mapping, and scene processing - Specialized traffic enforcement programs (Aggressive Traffic, Operation NightCAP, and Safe and Sober) - Parking Enforcement Unit, (651)266-5585 - Youth outreach and programming Unit (651)266-5485 - Activities league - Law enforcement career path Academy - Police internships - Ride-Along Program (18 years of age) Support Services and Administration - Building Maintenance Custodians: (651)266-5667 - Communication Services: (651)266-5592 - Crime prevention, block clubs, operation identification - Firearms permit information: (651)266-1111 - Fleet Unit - Police/Community Services: (651)266-5486 - Research/Development: (651)266-5501 - Crime Analysis - Technology Development and Implementation - Video Management Unit/CCTV