A few spots are still open for the second session of the Somerville CIT/LIT Job Readiness program. The program serves approximately twenty four, 13-15 year olds in each of the two 4 weeklong sessions, (for a total of 48 youth in eight weeks). With partnership from the Somerville YMCA, Somerville Community Youth Program, SCALE Program and the Teen Empowerment Program this motivational program provides youth leadership, team building, and job readiness training activities. The purpose of the program is to train youth for future employment in a summer camp program or other job opportunities when they are age appropriate.

The program runs 30 hours a week, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The facility is the Scale Program located in the Tufts Administration Building, whose address is 167 Holland Street near Davis Square. In addition to the many aspects the program will cover; the youth will learn how to fill out job applications, create resumes, go on mock job interviews, as well as learn to set up bank accounts. During the program teens spend time as a counselor in training for a few hours at the YMCA and other local summer day camp programs. At the end of the four week session the participating youth will receive a certificate of achievement and stipend for completing the program. The second session runs from July 29th to August 22r! We are still accepting applications for this session. Applications are available at the Somerville YMCA, 101 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02143 as well as online at www.somervilleymca.org. For more information please contact Matt O’Donnell / Joe Pinto at the YMCA (617) 625-5050 or jpinto@somervilleymca.org, citlit@somervilleymca.org.