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YEI in the News:

            

 

03.21.08 YEI Press Release

YEI Instructor Honored for Innovation

 

03.20.08 YEI Press Release

Creating Career Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Workforce

 

02.22.08 YEI Press Release

Alternative Education Program Plans for the Future

 

11.30.07 Portland Observer

Employment Institute Seeks Larger Role

 

11.14.07 YEI Press Release

Teen Parenting Program Reaches Out

 

6.26.07 YEI Press Release

Alternative Education Gets Results

 

 

 

Older ê

9.20.04 YEI Press Release

Portland's business community makes a difference in the lives of disconnected youth

9.14.04 YEI Press Release

Original Cats use music to make a difference

8.16.04 YEI Press Release

Youth Employment Institute partners with Water Bureau for summer jobs program

7.25.04 The Oregonian

Envisioning a Home

 

5.24.04 Sysco Employment Newsletter

On the Menu

 

4.27.04 Portland Tribune

Ex-gangster, peers think police are out to get them

 

4.21.04 The Oregonian

Do something besides talk; here's how

4.9.04 YEI Press Release

Youth Employment Institute to honor local businesses for engaging young people

4.8.04 YEI Press Release

Worksystems, Inc. awards $100,000 to YEI to work with gang affected and adjudicated youth

4.07.04 The Business Journal of Portland

Grant supports work force development program

3.2.04 YEI Press Release

Youth Employment Institute receives $500 from the Dick and Jean Reiten Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

2.27.04 The Oregonian

Reading, Writing and work

12.19.03 YEI Press Release

Multicultural Craft Fair and Holiday Party

11.21.03 YEI Press Release

Young Entrepreneurs Pitch Business Start Ups

11.5.03 The Portland Observer

Meeting Teen Needs

 

10.26.03 The Oregonian

Community Helpers

The Meyer Memorial Trust awards 18 grants

10.23.03 YEI Press Release
High school students make Portland more livable

9.5.03 YEI Press Release
Youth Employment Institute receives $40,000 from the Palma A. Domenico Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

8.14.03 Portland State University

High School Students Gain Experience Working and Learning at PSU This Summer

 

8.12.03 Portland Tribune

Hot line, crews address eyesores

7.21.03 YEI Press Release
Visiting journalists develop ways to use media in Africa

7.06.03 The Oregonian

Scene and Heard

Who's who at benefit and bashes

6.25.03 YEI Press Release
YEI Annual fundraiser a huge success

4.11.03 YEI Press Release
Youth Employment Institute the answer for jobless teens this summer
Partnership with new Youth Opportunity Center provides opportunities for youth in N/NE Portland.

4.04.03 The Oregonian

Stopgap Schooling

The specter of a shorter school year raises yet another potential worry  child care

 

4.01.03 The Asian Reporter

At-risk youth photo exhibit

 

3.26.03 The Portland Skanner

Teens Develop Unique Life Composition

Youth who had fallen through the cracks discover a creative outlet

3.24.03 YEI Press Release
Unique partnership between photographers and at risk youth results in art exhibit
The Youth Employment Institute pilots Focus on Youth program

 

12.27.02 Portland Tribune

Need is up, giving is down, so charities brainstorm

 

11.20.02 The Portland Observer

Youth Employment Buys Building

 

10.29.02 YEI Press Release
Youth Employment Institute purchases building
After 17 years, YEI able to buy building using local grant dollars

10.18.02 YEI Press Release
Local landscaping company provides free training to high-risk youth

 

10.11.02 YEI Press Release
Youth Employment Institute Elects 2002-03 Officers and Board Member

 

10.02.02 The Oregonian

About Town

Portland has a new graffiti buster

 

8.23.02 Portland Tribune

PDX Update - Kids end summer program

 

7.31.02 The Oregonian

Helping poor kids takes more heart than cash

 

7.2.02 Gresham Outlook 7.2.2002

Local youth work to clean up Rockwood, earn wages

 

7.17.02 The Skanner

Poise in Ivy

 

6.11.02 Portland Tribune

City View: Downtown landmark suffers for illegal 'art'

 

8.15.01 The Portland Skanner

Local Youth Group Tackles Bias Head-On