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Higher education and career opportunities for youth in detention

4:37:08

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54 sec

Council Member Stevens inquires about educational and career opportunities available to young people in detention after obtaining their GED. Commissioner Dannhauser responds by highlighting several initiatives:

CUNY provides college opportunities in detention facilities
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) offers various job experiences
Efforts to help youth understand different career pathways
Focus on engaging youth in college programs, which has been well-received

Althea V. Stevens

4:37:08

And I know I started at the top of this around some of the higher education stuff and working with the chair, but after the GED what are some of the opportunities that we have for young people, I mean even further than just higher education, what like other options do we have for them?

Jess Dannhauser

4:37:31

Yeah, this has been a real focus.

4:37:35

The DC Ginsburg has brought in CUNY to be able to provide those college opportunities.

4:37:40

In the summer we do SYEP and they have different jobs via the SYEP work.

4:37:48

We are looking at ways in which we can help them sort of understand career pathways.

4:37:54

The college, we really want them to be engaged there and the young people really enjoy it and so we're grateful that we've been able to add that dimension.

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