YouthWorks 2006-07

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	Digital Media Training Program (DMTP)
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Digital Media Training Program (DMTP)
Youth Empowerment Services (YES)
1231 N. Broad Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Program Contact: Jeanne Anderson, 215-796-0340

Youth Empowerment Services (YES) will provide a comprehensive, multi-media arts and technology training program for low literate out of school youth. The program will serve youth between the ages of 17-21 from North and Northwest Philadelphia. The training will involve hands-on digital media training, self-directed and mentor-led activities and assignments, team-based media projects, contextual literacy classes, individual tutoring, employability training, structured work experiences, and comprehensive case management.

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Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements
100 N. 17th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Program Contact: TBD 215-568-5860

The Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements (GPFS) will provide an experientially-based program designed to increase literacy and numeracy gains, access to traditional and alternative educational options and job readiness training in career pathways that lead to a recognized credential. The program will serve out of school youth between the ages of 17-21 throughout the city who are low-literate and lack basic academic proficiency, under-credentialed, unemployed, and underemployed. Participants will also receive individual case management and other social supports as needed.