NYC will Pay Youth $1,200 to Take Online Courses This Summer, Application Deadline June 15

By SÍLE MOLONEY

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New York City will pay youth from designated city areas $1,200 to take online courses this summer, following the success of the NeON Summer initiative which was launched in 2020. Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced the 2021 initiative will enroll 2,700 youth in six weeks of online instruction. It is hoped the program will help the city’s youth build skills, focus their career goals and express their creativity.

According to City officials, participating eligible New Yorkers will receive a stipend, and could earn up to $1,200. NeON Summer is open to three groups: young people aged 14 to 24 who live in the seven Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) communities of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Harlem, Jamaica, North Staten Island and the South Bronx; those who live in the 27 hardest-hit COVID-19 communities; and those who live anywhere in New York City and are on probation.

City officials said the initiative aims to help offset the impact on some young New Yorkers of a lack of opportunity in their local neighborhoods. Applications from those living in NeON communities, and in the hardest-hit COVID-19 communities are due by June 15. The online programs will be run by community-based organizations that specialize in mentorship, cultural, arts programming, mental health and wellness services.

The hardest hit COVID-19 Bronx communities are listed below.

The hardest hit COVID-19 Bronx communities.
Source: City of New York

According to City officials, NeON Summer is “designed to strengthen social, civic, and leadership abilities.” The program will help fill the gap left by the city’s cancelation of the Summer Youth Employment Program earlier this year.

More information about the various updated NeON programs for 2021, including both free and paid opportunities, can be found at the official NeON site.

A digital magazine put together by last year’s participants is also available. Click here to access it.

Apply here.

The subsequent links are not that obvious. Go directly here to sign up: https://safelink.seamlessdocs.com/f/a78jkvjmgisp.

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