"Better and Early Communication"

Testimony Before a D.C. Council Committee on the 2008 Summer Youth Jobs Program

Ayanna

Hello, my name is Ayana Sutton and I work with Youth Education Alliance.... 

 Testimony before the D.C. Council Committee on the management of the DOES: 2008 Summer Youth Employment Program.

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 (Photo Credit:  Hyosub Shin, Washington Post)

 Hello, my name is Ayana Sutton and I work with  Youth Education Alliance.  I attend Dunbar Senior High School which is located in Ward 5. 

 

 My experience with the Summer Youth Employment Program was positive despite summer youth employment confusion.The providers were still able to give a quality experience. 

 

My experience became kind of frustrating when my money wasn't on my card, being underpaid, not knowing where to go forinformation, and orientation being chaotic and nothing still being able to get accomplished.

My recommendations is that:

 

 There need to be better and early communication about orientations, better customer services and youth friendly staff--and positive youth development