Title
Provision of Internship Program for Youth
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Road to Hire in the amount of $933,058 for provision of the Pathways program for students' internships and summer bridge experiences, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Tracy Dodson, City Manager's Office
Explanation
* This initiative is in support of the City's on-going efforts to provide career pathways for Charlotte youth.
* Road to Hire (R2H) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that connects low-income young adults with onramps to sustainable careers through high school programming, paid training, college access, and life skills support.
* R2H presented an update on the partnership to the Economic Development Committee on April 4, 2022.
* The City of Charlotte previously partnered with R2H on similar initiatives.
* In September 2020, the City solicited a "Workforce Partner Support Grants" process. The intention was to use CARES Act funding to support initiatives by non-profits related to career resources and job placement assistance. One organization that applied and received assistance was R2H. R2H received $250,000 to support "Road to Hire Fellowships" which are apprenticeships that serve 18 to 25-year-olds in Charlotte.
* In 2021, the City partnered with R2H for the provision of the Pathways program for students' internships and summer bridge experiences.
* R2H's Pathways program is designed to promote economic justice for students from Charlotte's highest-poverty high schools by investing in them from that critical last year before high school graduation, to and through college or apprenticeships, and into their first two years in high-growth careers.
* City funding will be used to provide 405 students paid internships over the summer of 2022 and 225 students the College Bridge program over the summer of 2...
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