ST. LOUIS — Get valuable work experience and paid on-the-job training in the Summer Youth Employment Program sponsored by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment and funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.
This program provides paid on-the-job training so that young adults develop soft skills and work readiness skills necessary to build a career while building their resumes.
Each youth is partnered with a job coach.
Each coach will help participants explore career interests, create a resume and gain financial literacy skills.
Here’s who is eligible:
- Applicants must live in the City of St. Louis and be between the ages of 14 - 24.
- Students who are under age 17 will need a parent or legal guardian signature on the Eligibility Form
- Eligible residents must reside in a household with an income below $69,090 and/or live in a Qualified Census Tract to apply.
Required Documentation
Eligible applicants must show documentation that shows proof of age, St. Louis residency and household income. The same document may serve as proof of two categories; for example, a driver’s license listing date of birth and city residence is proof of both age and residency.
One document as proof of age:
- Driver’s License
- Baptismal Record
- Birth Certificate
- DD-214
- Work Permit
- Federal, State, or Local ID Card
- Passport
- Hospital Record of Birth
- Public Assistance/Social Service Records
- School Records or ID Cards
- Report of Transfer or Discharge Paper
One document as proof of residency:
Please provide an official document from the US government, an educational institution, a religious, medical, or social service agency, or a utility bill verifying your current address (within the most recent 30 days) containing the name of the individual requesting support or the individual's parent or legal guardian.
One document verifying household income:
- Bank Statements
- Compensation Award Letter
- Copy of Authorization to Receive Cash Public Assistance
- Copy of Public Assistance Check
- Court Award Letter
- Employer Statement/ Contact
- Family or Business Financial Records
- Housing Authority Verification
- Pay Stubs
- Pension Statement
- Public Assistance Eligibility Verification
- Public Assistance Records
- Quarterly Estimated Tax for Self Employed Persons
- Refugee Assistance Records
- Self-Attestation
- Social Security Benefits
- UI Claim Documents
- UI Wage Records
- Award Letter from the Veterans Administration
- Proof of Assistance through the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 USC 2011 et seq.)
- Proof of State or local income based public assistance
- Proof of youth residing in a qualified census tract