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Youth Work Experience Program |
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OTTP is currently implementing a "Summer Work Experience Program" for out-of-school youth ages 14 - 24 residing in Los Angeles County (please call to see if we have jobs in your area). Youth participants will be eligible for up to 220 hours of Paid Work Experience!
Please keep in mind the eligibility is different from SYEP 2009.
Program eligibility is as follows:
Must be foster youth (ages 14-19); OR
Must be a food stamp recipient (ages 14-19); OR
Must be a Calworks recipient (ages 14-19); OR
Must be former foster youth (ages 18-24); OR
Must be a general relief recipient (ages 18-24)
All youth must meet the following “Needy Family Definition” established by DPSS:
Must live with parent or an adult relative care giver
Must have income that does not exceed 200% of the federal poverty level
Must be a related minor child living in the home
All youth must be able to provide the required documentation. Youth under the age of 18 must be able to provide a work permit. Please complete the Participant Application that is included in this section of the OTTP website and forward to Marion Pate, Work Experience Coordinator at OTTP. Please submit it via email (
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,) fax (310-323-1570; 310-817-113), or walk it into 19401 S. Vermont Avenue, Suite A200 Torrance, Ca 90502.
OTTP's "Summer Youth Employment Program" is made possible through a contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Community & Senior Services and is funded by the Emergency Contingency Fund of Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services in conjunction with American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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