WorkReady Summer Programs

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. Building 21's WorkReady Program is open to students of Building 21 High School, Alumni and students participating in Launchpad. Launchpad students will engage in a technology related summer experience. Building 21 students and alumni will be matched with a placement connected to their career interest area.

Our program is full and not accepting additional applications. Catholic Social Services provides two levels of opportunity for our summer programming. For younger applicants (rising middle school youth) we have an Career Exploration program. This is hosted at our St. Hubert's Highschool Location. For older and returning applicants; we partner with various work experiences throughout the city. Most positions will require clearances and be focused on supporting summer camp programs. Other positions range from small businesses to IT departments.

This program is currently full and not accepting applications. Our program teaches youth the technical skills to build websites using HTML and CSS and other concepts relevant to the tech and innovation industries (problem identification, the development pipeline, user interface design, and user experience design) that allow students to consider and explore their professional futures. Through a combination of live and self–paced learning, youth will learn technical & entrepreneurial skills, receive feedback on their work, and build relationships with peers.

​This program is FULL and not accepting new applications. Working for Success is a program designed to help young people achieve their dream careers. We ask our young people what they want to be when they grow up, and we do everything in our power to give them an internship within that career field. We have a 90% placement in the top two career choices of our young people. We hope to not only expose our young people to careers and opportunities that fit within their dream, but to nurture and support their passion into a vision and a path to get there

MET WorkReady Summer Program provides job related skills training, career and employment preparation services, public/private relationship building community engagement services, job shadowing and institutional job placement exposure. Students receive hourly wages, engage in role playing and work site practice experiences and diversified entreprenuership training and work site placements.

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. The School District of Philadelphia, through The Office of Career and Technical Education, will provide summer employment and enrichment opportunities for high school students between 14 and 18 years of age. The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Employment Program is an innovative program that affords CTE students, who currently attend Philadelphia Public Schools, the opportunity to gain valuable work experiences and develop meaningful skills that can be used in their future careers.

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. The School District of Philadelphia, through The Office of Career and Technical Education, will provide summer employment and enrichment opportunities for high school students between 14 and 18 years of age. The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Employment Program is an innovative program that affords CTE students, who currently attend Philadelphia Public Schools, the opportunity to gain valuable work experiences and develop meaningful skills that can be used in their future careers.

To Our Children’s Future With Health, Inc. provides workforce development training in-person at the Overbrook High School. We use a workforce readiness approach providing technical education training in Electrical, Customer Sales and Services, and Information Technology; and Community Advocacy (Philly On The Come Up) for youth in 9th-12th grades living in West Philadelphia. All youth receive Career Workforce Development and social emotional training to strengthen employment skills.