$500,000 for school-year youth jobs and paid fellowships
Resident asks for $500,000 for school-year jobs and paid fellowships for immigrant and non-immigrant youth in fields like trades and healthcare, to build savings, skills and household income.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
$500,000 for school-year youth (immigrant youth and non-immigrant youth) jobs and paid fellowship/internship opportunities that have community benefit. For example: trade, construction, healthcare, education, etc.
Who it helps and why
Help youth begin saving for their futures, provide afterschool opportunities, job training and education for future careers, potential to help contribute towards household costs which are extremely high for many, especially immigrant households right now whose employment is threatened by increased ICE enforcement.
Details
- Cycle
- 2026–27
- Submitted
- August 7, 2026
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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