The City of Milwaukee’s Youth
Development and Employment InitiativeEarn
& Learn, which is operated by the
Department of City Development (DCD), is the City of Milwaukee’s
program to assist young people make a successful transition to adulthood by
providing opportunities to develop work-readiness skills while they earn wages
by working in government, community- and faith-based organizations and private
sector businesses.
Earn & Learn is part of a regional effort to improve the quality of Milwaukee's
labor force, coordinated by the
Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment
Board (MAWIB).
Young adults, ages 14 through 21, may participate in Earn & Learn in three ways:
Earn & Learn is part of the
Life Ventures
Partnership, a collaborative public/private initiative to promote the future
vitality of Milwaukee’s regional economy by preparing young people to become
life-long learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens.
For more information about Earn & Learn, contact William J. Malone, DCD Youth
Development Coordinator, at 414-286-5894 or email
william.malone@milwaukee.gov.
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