Unite Sacramento’s youth-serving community-based organizations to enable youth to learn, earn, and thrive through work-based learning experiences.
Our Market
High School Youth residing or attending schools within the City of Sacramento*, with an emphasis on engaging youth most impacted by systemic oppression and/or adverse childhood/community experiences.
Key Components
Connect: A network of Community-based organizations connects and guides youth through 40-hours of work-based learning experiences. #SYW approaches work-based learning with a strong positive youth development lens.
Learn: Youth engage in up to 20-hours of work-readiness trainings that support the development of 21stcentury skills, connect to their applied service/work projects, and support exploration of career pathways.
Earn: Youth engage in a minimum of 20-hours of applied service/work projects related to their work-readiness trainings. Youth earn a stipend for completing the program.
Program Highlights
#SacYouthWorks was piloted in the Summer of 2020 with City of Sacramento CARES Act funding to respond to youth and community needs that emerged due to the pandemic.
In its inaugural year (Summer 2020 – Summer 2021), #SYW served 1,600 youth through partnerships with 52 community-based organizations.
Youth engaged in 64,000 hours of learning and applied service/work
Youth earned $781,000 in stipends to acknowledge the value of their work and support economic relief
Community-based organizations received $733,060 to support programming and community-covid relief efforts.
Youth Participants overwhelmingly reported that participating in #SacYouthWorks helped them feel more confident in themselves, more hopeful about their future, increased connection with positive peer relationships, and develop skills for the future.