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Discussion on potential increases to SYEP participant hourly rates
4:08:17
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Council Member Althea Stevens inquires about any discussions with the administration to increase hourly rates for SYEP participants. DYCD officials respond to this question.
- DYCD confirms ongoing conversations with OMB partners about potential additional funding for wages across their programs
- Christopher Lewis mentions recent wage rate increases for some out-of-school youth programs such as Cred and Train Advance and Earn
- The response suggests that while there have been some wage increases in other programs, specific increases for SYEP are still under discussion
Althea Stevens
4:08:17
Has there been any any conversations with the administration on increasing hourly rates for SYP participants?
Christopher Lewis
4:08:27
I'm sorry, could you repeat the question?
4:08:28
I apologize.
Althea Stevens
4:08:29
You're paying attention today, You need a hearing aid too?
4:08:32
Because I know I can't hear.
4:08:33
Has there been any conversation with administration to increase hourly rates for the participants?
Christopher Lewis
4:08:42
Yes.
4:08:43
We have ongoing conversations with our OMB partners to to see if there are opportunities to provide additional funding for wages and across our programs.
4:08:52
Most recently, we've implemented wage rate increases for some of our out of school out of youth programs such as Cred and train advance and earn.