Youth Civic & Workforce Development

Every year, Bridge Street places approximately a thousand young people ages of 16-24 in paid employment
or internships as part of New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).
We also offer a series of sector-specific job training courses to young people with the goal of enhancing their marketable skills. These include Microsoft Office, Digital Marketing, OSHA 30 and 40, Plumbing Basics and Intensive Electrical Course.

Another key offering is MYBASE (Motivated Youth Building All Self-Empowerment), an eight-month-long afterschool program that provides 14-18 year-old youth with hands-on experiences in civic engagement, leadership development and service learning.

We are also working to expand our initiatives to add specific green job skills to our training portfolio though current and future partnerships with public, private and nonprofit organizations and programs such as the Brooklyn Youth Offshore Wind Training Program, NYSERDA’s Green Jobs-Green New York, CUNY Green Jobs Energy Training Program, Green City Force, and Solar One.