This proposal outlines a Youth Employment and Career Resource Center partnership with a local high school to provide resources to address youth unemployment in Del Paso Heights. The majority of residents are youth and unemployment is highest for those aged 16-24 who lack job preparedness resources. The center would provide hands-on experience, career assessments, and connections to desired careers. Strengths include long-lasting generational impact, and weaknesses include not predicting individual outcomes. A similar program focused more broadly on employment versus culture. The affordable annual budget is $120,528 to fund staffing, utilities, and printing. The proposal aims to invest in the largest age group and address key issues through cultural change.

1. Del Paso Heights: Youth
& Change
Casey Parks, Lee Lo, Gil Ramirez, & Raquel
Ramirez

2. Del Paso Heights

3. Outline
• Present Proposal
• Provide re levant background information
• Discuss key evidence in terms of proposal
• Proposal:
o Expected outcomes
o Strengths and weaknesses
o Past similar approaches
o Budget Proposal

4. Proposal: Youth Employment and
Career Resource Center
What is it: partnership with GUHSonsite
afterschool and office
Objective: change in culture of youth
employment and provide resource
Components: Information and resource
-Guidance and experience
-Higher Education Attainment
Counseling

5. Age Demographics
-The majority of residents
in Del Paso Heights are
youth
-The largest age groups
are 0-5 years, 10-14
years, and 15-19 years
-Youth make up largest
proportion of residents,
part of why they are our
focus

6. Educational Attainment
-Many Del Paso
Heights students say
they want to go to
college
-Few actually finish a
degree
-Many do not even
finish high school

7. Resident Employment by Age
Employed residents of age
55 or older have increased
from 2002 to 2011 by 4.4%.
Meanwhile employed youth
of age 29 or younger have
decreased by 4.1%. This
data could indicate the lack
of employment
opportunities or skills
youth need in order to
attain a job.

8. Employment
-Unemployment is
highest for those aged
16-24
-Youth in the job
market are starting
careers much later
than is ideal
-Youth in the area lack
job preparedness
resources and

9. Residents Concerns
We found that most
residents believed
that Crime was the
biggest problem in
Del Paso.
Education and
Poverty was
another issue along
with employment.

10. Student Quotes
In a survey given to over 225 students we
found:
“Money, money is the biggest obstacle,
because nothing is stopping me from
success.”- Male, 17
“Not many resources”-Male, 18
“The biggest problem in my neighborhood
is gangs.”-Female,17

11. Youth Employment and Career Resource
Center: Expected Outcomes
• Exposure
o provide hands-on experience and
opportunity
• Assessment
o youth should have a qualitative
understanding of his or her career
choice
• Connect Dots
o YECRC aims to be the bridge
connecting the youth to their desired
career or job.

12. Youth Employment and Career Resource
Center: Strengths and Weaknesses
Strength: Aim to address bigger
institutionalized system
-Long lasting impact, generational
progression
Weakness: Cannot predict individual youth
outcome
-Many different influential variables
-Cannot make decisions for youth
Even so, we believe any youth who stops by
will walk away with new knowledge.

13. Center:
Past Similar Approaches
Greater Sacramento Urban League:
-Empowering people through economic
independence
-Focus on general public
Difference between YECRC and GSUL
-Core differences in approaches
-just employment vs. culture
-Locational differences

14. Budget
Extremely affordable:
32 week school year
-electricity/school year= $48
-printing costs/school year= $480
-employed staff/school year x 3 = $40,000
Total: $120,528 per year

15. Overview:
The most effective, efficient and
sustainable economic development plan
for DPH
• Investing in highest age-range in DPH
• Addressing the biggest issues prevalent
in Census data and residential surveys
o Employment
o Poverty
o Educational Attainment
• Aiming to change the culture