The City of Atlanta’s Year of the Youth campaign is a citywide effort to ensure Atlanta’s children, youth and young adults have all of the resources needed to thrive.
Will you partner us with us to mentor, support and amplify Atlanta’s emerging talent? There are a variety of partnership models to support Youth Development and Education initiatives. Register today!
The Bottoms Administration has worked hard to ensure that our officers are trained, equipped, and paid commensurate with the challenges they face and their unwavering dedication. The City of Atlanta is doing its part to ensure equity is immersed in all of our decisions. We are forging a new day in Atlanta, where our police officers can live and thrive in the communities they serve; and where we can collectively evaluate the way our justice system works.
Atlanta is the home to the best and brightest students in the nation. This generation of young minds is tech savvy, ambitious and ready to create positive and significant impact in moving Atlanta forward.
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In 2022, Mayor Dickens launched strategic efforts to invest in Atlanta’s children, youth, and young adults. The 2022 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), surpassed the mayor’s goals. Atlanta’s business, philanthropic and community-based organizations rallied to “put 3,000 teens to work this summer through our Summer Youth Employment Program.”
Click here to review the Summer Youth Employment Report.
Mayor Dickens is asking all Atlanta’s residents, community members, faith leaders and supporters to partner with the City to ensure our youth –from birth to 24 years of age – have all the tools and resources they need to thrive.
This generation of young minds is tech savvy, ambitious and ready to create positive and significant impact in moving Atlanta forward.
Join the “404 and More Mentorship Challenge” which aims toconnect 404 new mentors with nonprofit partners Big Brothers Big Sisters ofMetro Atlanta by summer 2023.
Mentoring, at its core, guarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone, and encourages them to persevere to reach their goals.
Next Level Boys Academy is an innovative mentoring organization for youth and young adult males ages 11 to 25. The program provides a unique style of group mentoring sessions that creates a safe space for young males. The Saving Our Sons Mentoring sessions will be held every 2nd& 4th Saturday at Pittman Park Rec Center, open for the whole family to attend.