Chaska summer program lets interns try jobs in every city department
The eight-week, crash course summer internship provides a chance for 18-21 year old with intellectual or developmental disabilities to intern with almost every city sector.
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The eight-week, crash course summer internship provides a chance for 18-21 year old with intellectual or developmental disabilities to intern with almost every city sector.
The program is called HCMC Talent Garden. The goal is to plant seed on interest in youth of color to pursue healthcare.
Students will earn up to $16,000 per year during their year-long internship.
Cheered on by hundreds of friends and family, 224 soon-to-be seniors accepted their paid internship invitations for companies like Best Buy, General Mills, Target and many more.
An HBCU senior joined the Minneapolis Police Department as an intern, working with Chief O'Hara to find ways to build community from within.
So far, they've placed 800 young people in paid internships with the hope to expand to 1,000 next year.