United Way of Long Island is proud to run the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) funded by Bank of America, which provides high school and college students from diverse Long Island communities, with paid internships and hands-on career training. Students, ages 14-23, are employed with various non-profit host agencies in communities throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties during summer months.
2024 SYEP Supporting Agencies:
- Amityville Resource Center
- Beacon House
- Bridgehampton
- CAST
- Circulo de la Hispanidad
- Erase Racism
- Gerald Ryan
- Girls Inc.
- Hisckville Boys & Girls
- Hispanic Counseling Center
- Housing Help Inc.
- Long Beach Latino
- Mental Health Association of NC
- Nassau-Suffolk Law Services
- New York Edge (Wyandanch Site)
- Options for Community Living
- Pal-O-MIne
- Pronto of Long Island
- SEPA Mujer
- United Way of Long Island
- Wyandanch Resource Center
Photo: Veronique, a 2021 SYEP participant, is now employed at Housing Help; Marc Perez, President of Bank of America Long Island and Sean, a 2021 SYEP participant who is now a full-time employee with United Way of Long Island; Alicia, a 2021 SYEP participant at Backstretch Employee Service Team of NY with Paul Ruchames, Executive Director, Backstretch Employee Service Team of NY.