YES Annual Report 2020
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MPIO CHA NS O F D IV E R S IT Y A The Youth Employment Champions N D R E 2020 ANNUAL REPORT S I L I E N C Y YES believes employment is empowerment and the cornerstone of safe and healthy communities. YES leads the Canadian youth sector with innovative programs that empower disadvantaged and vulnerable youth to become self-sufficient contributing members of society. Contents Youth Employment Services YES overview 2 Board Chair & President’s Message 4 YES By The Numbers: 2019-2020 6 YES’ Community 7 YES Highlights 8 YES in the Media 11 YES Programs and Services 14 Our Donors 16 YES Volunteers 18 YES Board of Directors 19 YES Staff 20 YES Financial Statements 21 1 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 Youth Employment Services YES overview Changing the lives of youth for today and the future YES was the first specialized youth employment and counselling centre in Canada and we quickly became the model for the development of similar employment programs throughout Ontario, Canada and the World! 2 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 YES is the employment champion for youth specializing in: More than Employment, entrepreneurship Employment assessment, case Worked with 12,000 youth and empowerment programming management and professional 1,552 employers served last year counselling 86% success rate last year Job retention Future skills Job placement and training training services Pre-employment training, Life skills training, financial skills enhancement literacy, mentorship Expansion & Changing lives since enhancement Cloud Computing of services nationally training 1968 Wrap-around supports provided: Meals for youth Transit tokens Health and Clothing Access to Laptops and wellness supports caring adults Wi-Fi supports 3 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 Susie Hendrie Board Chair & Chair President’s YES Board of Directors Message Timothy Lang President & CEO Youth Employment Services YES This year our communities were tested Resiliency and diversity are critical concepts we we served are new Canadians, Indigenous, from like never before. The continued teach the thousands of youth who participate in the black community or other visible minorities. YES programs every year. They are also key to YES continues to have a considerable impact growth of automation in the labour responding to and overcoming adversity. Research on hundreds of thousands of lives through our market affected more jobs which led by Toronto’s Building Inclusive Cities Initiative empowerment and employment programs and to fewer entry level roles for young noted that “diverse and inclusive communities creates a greater sense of self-worth and dignity have more social, economic and physical resilience with the youth we serve. people, especially disadvantaged in the face of challenges”. As the Canadian youth Future of Work training for young people is more employment leader, we strive to create a diverse youth including new Canadians and important than ever. YES has consistently adapted and inclusive environment, both within our own visible minorities. And then Covid-19 our programming to account for the changing services and within the labour market through the labour force realities. Over the past year YES devastated the labour market, with thousands of young people we advise and train. unemployment reaching a record 30% has developed new programs designed to help Our focus has, and continues to be, on serving youth develop a wide variety of critical future with nearly 400,000 jobs lost by youth underrepresented youth who are facing barriers work skills. The Career Accelerator Program in March alone. In these uncertain and to employment. In the last year, we served over provides strategies for Building Resiliency, Growth difficult times, the services provided 12,000 youth with a close to 90% success rate, Mind-set and Dealing with Disruption, as well which includes gaining employment, launching as Fostering Collaboration and Connection. by YES proved to be needed more their own business, returning to school or Thanks to the generosity of HSBC Canada, we than ever. enrolling in training. Close to 60% of the youth have helped train organizations across Canada 4 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 Board Chair and President’s Message, continued... through our knowledge transfer program. The We would also like to thank and recognise our Andy & Beth Burgess Family Foundation. These Youth Entrepreneur Program, thanks to Citi generous private funders, including Accenture, partnerships have resulted in financial support, Foundation’s continued support, has enabled Gap Inc., KPMG, ONEX, Manulife and RBC who corporate employee engagement, and support for YES to develop a specialized curricula targeted to showcase their direct costs for TTC tokens, meal support, life entrepreneurs which was also shared nationally products, laptops or Wi-Fi costs for youth, which at events in Vancouver and Winnipeg. Attended has been especially important during the pandemic. by the Honourable Patti Hajdu, the Winnipeg The valuable support from all of our donors has event brought together community stakeholders enabled us to continue to expand critical services at to discuss issues surrounding youth mental YES and has helped YES to remain agile in order to health and employment. YES was thrilled to respond to the changing needs in our community. be selected as Canada’s first organization “A job is a life raft You can read about some of these partnerships to deliver Amazon Web Services Cloud for youth who may have nothing further in this report. technology training called YES2Tech. Like We would like to thank the YES Board of all YES programs, it is free for youth, who normal in other parts of their lives… Directors for their ongoing governance and will receive intensive upskilling, providing jobs impact the minds and hearts”. volunteer support, which has been even more them with a certification in Cloud technology impactful during these challenging times and and access to employment pathways in a Jamil Jivani has in turn helped keep YES strong. Finally, growing sector. The final program to highlight – Advocate for Community Opportunities and Special Advisor to the Premier we especially thank the dedicated team at YES is The YES Trade Skills Program, delivered in for their passion, positivity and commitment to partnership with the Labour Education Centre. It empowering Canada’s youth. Thanks to all of their provides skilled trades training to youth and access efforts, and those of our partners, we will continue to career options in another high demand area. to change lives, forever. YES could not provide these services without the support of all our incredible partners and funders. commitment to youth in We are extremely grateful to the three levels of our communities by supporting much needed Government who help to ensure YES can reach services. We also continue to welcome new out and serve vulnerable youth and create safer, partners, including Randstad Foundation and the stronger communities through employment. 5 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 In 2019-20, YES By The Numbers: 2019-2020 We achieved an Youth Employment 86% Services YES Helped 12,814 BIPOC youth saw an 12,814 Youth Served – Assisted Success and Unassisted % 86% Youth, 36 success rate after Rate including 11,827 in all our 24 or Under completing a program at in job, training, or programs, and a further 987 YES education results students who attended % our workshops 20 % New Canadians Gender Age of youth 79who had been out % of work for over a year had a successful outcome disclosed27 a physical disability, mental health % % issue or health problems 4 4 increase4% increase4% BIPOC 1,887youth became more increasefrom increasefrom lastfrom year lastfrom year % financially secure % % %% %% % % last year% % last year%% %% % % 10 47% 52% 47.5%% 52.5% .5% .5% 29% 36% 2925%% 3610%% 25% 10% increase in the number of 47Male 52Female 47Male.5Trans 52Female.5Other .5Trans .5Other 2915-19 3620-24 292515-1925-30 361020-2431+ 2525-30 1031+ youth served who identified Male Female MaleTrans FemaleOther Trans Other Years15-19 Old Years20-24 Old YearsYears15-1925-30 Old OldYearsYears20-2431+ Old Old Years25-30 Old Years31+ Old language as a barrier youth535 who disclosed Years Old Years Old YearsYears Old OldYearsYears Old Old Years Old Years Old a disability gained % employment Highest Education Time Out of Work, School or Training were56 BIPOC 989 % youth accessed digital training to prepare them for 3% 3% of youth38 identified increase3% increase3% the workforce of tomorrow increase from increase from inconsistent work history as last from year last from year a barrier to employment % last year last year success rate91 for youth who accessed workshops online % % % % % % % %% %% % % 64% 35% 641%% 35% 1% 56% 24% 5620%% 2411%% 20% 11% 64Grade 12 Diploma35 64GradeOther1 12 Diploma35 Other1 560-15 2416-51 56200-1552+ 2416-5111 2052+ 11 Gradeor Less 12 orDiploma Higher GradeorOther Less 12 orDiploma Higher Other Weeks0-15 Weeks16-51 Weeks0-15Weeks52+ Weeks16-51 Weeks52+ or Less or Higher or Less or Higher Weeks Weeks WeeksWeeks Weeks Weeks 6 Youth Employment Services YES Annual Report 2020 YES’ Community For more than 50 years YES has been able to achieve so much We worked with 1,552 employers last year that YES hosted numerous hiring events for success thanks to the generous support resulted in 1,712 work experience placements. We employers including Pearson Airport, Metro, of those in our community. Our most paid out $6,356,500 in wage subsidies and training Cargo Cabbie, FirstService Residential, A.S.P important partners are those employers allowances to employers and clients on behalf of the Security and Shoppers Drug Mart! three levels of government supplementing initial that work tirelessly with YES to We continued to work with more than 200 training costs in order to encourage employers to community partners across Canada, including give our clients an opportunity hire and to boost local economies.