Title

Cookie Cart: An Evaluation of A First-Time Job Experience for Teens

Description
Cookie Cart is a nonprofit employment program that offers young people ages 15 through 18 an opportunity to build life, interpersonal, leadership, and transferable job skills through training and employment at a commercial bakery with a retail store. The program provides a first paid job experience for participants and helps them develop the skills necessary to transition to traditional employment. This is the full evaluation report.
Date

Date

Authors

Gehrig, Sarah
Pages

Pages

43 p.
Client Organization

Client Organization

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Project Information

The Cookie Cart

The Cookie Cart is a youth employment program that provides quality, paid, first-time employment training for neighborhood teens. Through the retail bakery, youth age 15-18, get hands-on job training and learn basic employment skills such as appropriate work behavior, time management and problem-solving. The multi-year evaluation looks at the effectiveness of the program in helping youth gain employment skills.

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