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The Work Resource Program provides vocational education and employment services to about 400 students with disabilities annually at San Francisco Unified School District public and non-public high schools. The WRP provides a weekly vocational class at up to 20 high schools each year and includes curriculum on Career Exploration, Work Readiness and Job Search Skills. The WRP also provides students with a range of career development, work experience and employment services including volunteer internships, employer site visits, paid internships, computer skills training and individual job placement. Email khickey@jvs.org for more information.
MYEEP is a stipend work program that provides subsidized after-school and summer jobs at non-profit and public agencies. MYEEP provides about 50 youth annually with paid internships along with job skills workshops and career development opportunities. Email ewhitney@jvs.org for more information. The Transition Services Programs serve in-school and out-of-school youth with disabilities between the ages of 16 and 24. The programs provide transition and career development services to prepare youth for self sufficiency including vocational assessment, career planning, paid work internships, job counseling and placement, education support and case management support. Email lbelton@jvs.org for more information. Work Lab offers youth with disabilities brief paid internships (twenty hours) that provide an opportunity to gain exposure to the workplace, learn job skills, build their resume and explore career interests. Students gain experience in an area of interest to them that is often their first work experience. The program serves 75 youth annually. Email lbelton@jvs.org for more information. The Scholars to College Program provides educational counseling to high school juniors and seniors with disabilities to increase their high school graduation and college entry rates. Services include high school graduation support, post-secondary admissions counseling, financial aid counseling and career counseling. The program services 40 youth annually. Email lbelton@jvs.org for more information.
REACH is an eight-week program that provides youth with disabilities with computer skills training, job search and life skills workshops in the context of career exploration. Topics include Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as time management, communication skills and other employment related workshops. Email khickey@jvs.org for more information.
NDEP, an extension of MYEEP, is a stipended work program that provides subsidized after-school and summer jobs at non-profit and public agencies for youth on probation. NDEP provides about 15 youth annually with paid internships along with job skills workshops and career development opportunities. Email blott@jvs.org for more information
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