Summer Youth Employment Program

SYEP General Information:

ATTENTION:

Acceptance of 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program applications has now ended. Eligible applicants will be contacted shortly on next steps.

    What is the Ulster County Summer Youth Employment Program?

    • The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) has operated within Ulster County for over 50 years. It is designed to provide work experience, work readiness skills, and positive work attitudes in young adults seeking to enter the job force throughout Ulster County.

    How does the program work?

    • Young adults submit an application.
    • And get it to our office, either via mail at 535 Boices Lane Kingston, NY 12401 or physically bring it to our office and come in our public entrance at 521 Boices Lane Kingston, NY.
    • It is also possible to pick up an application from our office.
    • Once we receive a completed application, which includes a copy of youth’s birth certificate, social security card, and working papers or if over 18, a picture ID.
    • Staff reviews the application and determines eligibility.

    How do you know if you are eligible?

    • You must be between the ages of 14 and 20
    • You must meet income guidelines (include proof of family income with application packet)
    • Need assistance finding summer employment
    • Must be an Ulster County resident

    Once found eligible then a SYEP staff person will call the youth and conduct a phone interview.  These will start at the end of May.

    Youth will be instructed to participate in two orientations that are mandatory before getting a job.  One is work readiness and the other is a financial literacy workshop. Schedules for the orientations will be posted soon.

    For those interested learn more about filing taxes: click here. 

    The final step in the interview process is youth will be invited in for an in person final orientation in our office.

    Previous Worksites and Partners:

    Worksites that have participated in the past include:

    • Boys & Girls Clubs of Kingston and Saugerties
    • Bread Alone
    • C3 Quest
    • Center for Creative Education
    • Center for Photography at Woodstock
    • DRAW
    • Ellenville High School
    • Ellenville Housing Authority
    • Ellenville Street Department
    • Gateway Community Industries
    • Gardiner Library
    • Habitat for Humanity
    • Head Start
    • Ramapo Camp for Children
    • Read & Write Program
    • The COOP Concept
    • Ulster BOCES
    • Ulster Immigration Defense Network
    • Woodstock Playhouse
    • YMCA Farm Project
    • YMCA of Kingston

    Interested in being a worksite for SYEP 2024? Click here for more information about the process. Ready to be a worksite? Click here for a worksite request form.