EARN & LEARN is a summer youth employment program initiated by Mayor Tom Barrett and includes the Employ Milwaukee Workforce Development, businesses, and community- and faith-based organizations.
EARN & LEARN’s mission is to assist young people from Milwaukee in making a successful transition from adolescence to productive adulthood by increasing work-readiness skills and providing work experience opportunities.
Connects youth ages 14-24 with jobs in the non-profit, community- and faith-based sectors with additional funding support from the Mayor’s EARN & LEARN Fund.
2020 Application Period: NOT STARTED
Connects youth ages 18+ to jobs in the private sector. Youth are hired to work for a local company and get real world experience.
2020 Application Period: NOT STARTED
Connects youth ages 16–19 to jobs in City government with funding support from the City’s Community Development Block Grant.
2021 Application Period: CLOSED
“I need our employers’ help in creating a path toward a successful life for our city’s youth.”
—Mayor Tom Barrett
