Paid summer internships prepare youth for employment
Summer Transition Employment Program, or STEP, is a paid internship program offered through Job Path, a division of the Arc of Monroe. The internship program is in collaboration with ACCES-VR, the Rochester City School District and Greece School District. City and Greece schools work with ACCES-VR to identify the youth who are a good fit for this program. STEP provides high school students with work readiness training prior to the paid internship. Students receive 15 hours of work readiness training April through June. The summer internship lasts six weeks and each intern is supported by Job Path Employment Specialists who …