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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Updates on Summer Youth Employment Program
2:23:22
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37 sec
Commissioner Howard discusses new funding and enrollment goals for the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).
- $11 million allocated in FY 2026 to provide metro cards for SYEP participants
- SYEP on track to enroll 100,000 young people for the fourth consecutive summer
- 27 council members have agreed to host SYEP workers
Keith Howard
2:23:22
The mayor also announced 11,000,000 in fiscal year twenty twenty six to provide metro cards to this summer for summer youth, through our summer youth employment program.
2:23:34
SYEP is on track to enroll a hundred thousand young people for the fourth consecutive summer.
2:23:42
We appreciate the council consistently strong support of the program, and we are pleased that to date, 27 council members have agreed to host SYEP workers.
2:23:55
Thank you, chair Stevens, for your advocacy on that.