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Apply : 2023 Catholic Charities Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

The Catholic Charities Summer Youth Employment Program has officially opened. Eligible youth between 16 to 24 years old can complete an online application. Applications are being accepted through March 31.

The program runs for 6 weeks between the months of July and August. New York City youth will receive a stipend of $15 an hour for 25 hours a week.  Jobs include assistance at daycares or older adult centers, office work/clerical assistance, maintenance work, creative arts, community organizing, mentoring and more!

Interested youth are encouraged to apply at: https://application.nycsyep.com

For more information and FAQ, please send an email to CCNS SYEP Brooklyn at Ccbq.SYEP@ccbq.org or call (718) 722-6228

If you are applying for an internship, eligible applicants must use the borough specific pins as specified in the links below.

Click here to download the Brooklyn Summer Youth Employment Program 2023 or the Queens Summer Youth Employment Program 2023 flyer as a pdf.

Click here if you’re an employer interested in signing up to be a Brooklyn/Queens Worksite for CCNS SYEP 2023.


For over 124 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, through its social services arm, Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc., has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, older adults, and those struggling with mental illness. Since 1975, Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation, the affordable housing developer of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, has been transforming vacant land and buildings into affordable housing units and transforming the lives of individuals and families, and completed more than 4,450 units with supportive services for seniors, families, veterans and the formerly homeless. Since the pandemic began, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has provided much-needed food packages and services at 60 Catholic Charities parish-based food pantries and has distributed over $8.5 million in food assistance. Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens continues to deliver crucial mental health counseling, housing services, family services and early childhood education and COVID vaccines at a variety of locations. For more information, please visit www.ccbq.org.