Job Club
Job Club provides opportunities for participants to learn about the world of work and careers, develop basic work-related skills, learn principles behind banking and savings, and participate in business activities that will expose them to elements of entrepreneurship and earning potential.
- Trained Job Club Educators lead participants through a rigorous financial literacy curriculum developed by Junior Achievement of New York. Lessons include such topics as loans, bonds, stocks, interest, and credit.
- Participants' knowledge gains are assessed through bi-annual surveys.
- Each young person opens and maintains a savings account; monthly bank trips enhance lessons on banking.
- Each young person earns a stipend for Job Club participation.
- Regular entrepreneurial activities teach young people skills that lead to an understanding of small business ownership.
- Community Service opportunities are provided.
- Participants explore career choices through job-shadowing events.
Over 25 Years of Success
In 1970, the Children's Aid Society (CAS) began offering sexuality education workshops for teens, parents and staff at four CAS centers (Dunlevy Milbank, East Harlem, Frederick Douglass and Rhinelander). Soon, it became clear to CAS educators that sexuality education alone wasn't enough to effectively influence the risky behavior of teens.
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