Right Track: Cultivating Saint Paul’s Future Workforce

For your company to stay relevant, it needs a workforce of the future.
Since 2014, the City of Saint Paul’s Right Track program has connected this workforce of the future to hundreds of organizations, government agencies, and businesses through internships and professional development opportunities.

Saint Paul youth are talented, diverse and full of fresh, original ideas. Between their unique perspectives and energy, this up-and-coming generation is sure to take your business to the next level. 

Apply to host an intern:

Right Track Employer Application

About Right Track

Right Track is a youth mentorship and employment program led by the City of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department. We work with employers like you to host interns, pay for wages, and provide training and enrichment opportunities. 

Right Track offers six- to nine-week internships for young people through two different programs: Saint Paul Youth Jobs One (YJ1) and Youth Jobs Two (YJ2). We are always looking for new employers to host interns for both programs.  

YJ1: Building foundational job skills
Youth Jobs One focuses on supporting young people ages 14-19 who are looking to build their foundational job skills, helping them secure their first or second work opportunity to practice workplace basics. YJ1 primarily provides city-subsidized summer jobs in parks, libraries and nonprofits. You can learn more about YJ1 here.  
 

YJ2: Career exploration
Youth Jobs Two focuses on building on those foundational skills by providing paid internships to young people ages 16-21 at organizations and businesses of all kinds, from U.S. Bank to the State of Minnesota. YJ2 internships generally include more project-based work. You can learn more about YJ2 here.  

2024 Employers:

A Pocket Full of Posies 

Accenture LLP 

American Indian Family Center
artsus

Base Camp, Northern Star 

Big Wonder Child Care 

Blaze Credit Union  

Blooming Saint Paul- Gardening  

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities 

Capitol Region Watershed District 

Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) 

Children's Minnesota 

Churchill St. Restaurant 

City of Saint Paul:

     - Aquatics  

     - Attorney's Office  

     - CFPS Awakenings Program  

     - Emergency Management   

     - Golf   

     - Human Resources  

     - Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity  

     - Mayor's Office  

     - Office of Financial Empowerment  

     - Office of Financial Services

     - Office of Neighborhood Safety

     - Office of Technology and Communications  

     - Parks and Recreation   

     - Planning and Economic Development   

     - Police  

     - Public Works  

     - Safety and Inspections  

     - Saint Paul Public Library  

     - Ward 1 Office - Councilmember Anika Bowie   

     - Ward 2 Office - Councilmember Rebecca Noecker  

     - Ward 3 Office - Councilmember Saura Jost  

     - Ward 4 Office - Council President Mitra Jalali   

     - Ward 5 Office - Councilmember Hwa Jeong Kim  

     - Ward 6 Office - Councilmember Nelsie Yang  

     - Ward 7 Office - Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson 

CommonBond Communities 
ComMUSICation

Construction Careers Foundation 

Cookie Cart 

Cypher Side 

Dellwood Assisted Living and Memory Care 

Dog Days Inc 

Ecolab 

Elpis Enterprises 

Elsa's House of Sleep 

EOR Inc 

Ever-Green Energy, Inc. 

Family Values for Life 

Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest 

Flava Cafe 

Friends of the Mississippi River 

Frogtown Farm 

Frogtown Neighborhood Association 

Great River Greening 

GREATER MSP 

Hallie Q. Brown Community Center  

Hazel Park Congregational United Church of Christ 

Hazel Park Learning Center 

High School for Recording Arts 

HNTB Corporation

House of Daskarone, LLC dba SPRAYFiNGER

Irreducible Grace Foundation 

ITS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INC 

Joy of the People 

Keystone Community Services 

Kimley-Horn and Associates 

Leap Pediatric and Adolescent Care 

Listen Up Youth Radio 

Love First Community Engagement  

M Health Fairview 

Minnesota Children's Museum 

State of Minnesota:

     - Department of Administration-Facilities      - Management (Capitol Complex) 

     - Department of Management and Budget/Department of Administration, (MMCAP) 

     - Department of Transportation 

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 

Minnesota Tool Library  

Minnesota Voice 

Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals 

MNHBCU Alumni 

Neighborhood House 

Now. Make. Art. 

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 

Rabata 

Ramsey County:

     - Aging and Disability Services  

     - Assistance & Support   

     - Attorney's Office  

     - Chief Clerk   

     - Communications & Public Relations  

     - Community Corrections   

     - Compliance & Ethics  

     - EGCI Administration Finance  

     - Emergency Communications Center   

     - Financial Assistance Services  

     - Human Resources  

     - Parks & Recreation - Soil & Water Conservation Division  

     - Parks & Recreation  

     - Property Management  

     - Public Health  

     - Service Centers

     - Workforce Solutions

Roseville Area Schools 

Saint Paul Port Authority 

Saint Paul Public Schools:
     - Adams Elementary School 

     - Agriculture Garden Project  

     - CDF Freedom Schools/Freedom Schools Express

     - Community Education  

     - Facilities Department
     - Frost Lake Elementary School  

     - Humboldt Admin Office
     - JJ Hill Montessori   

     - Nutrition Services 

     - OCCR  

     - Youth Enrichment Programs   

Saint Paul Regional Water Services 

Saint Paul Urban Tennis 

Science Museum of Minnesota, Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center 
Scoopz Ice Cream La Cuchara 

Seiler Law 

Shakir Consulting Services 

Sol Of the Cities 

Sounds of Hope, Ltd. 

Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs 

SPNN   

St Paul Federation of Teachers 

St. Paul Saints Baseball Club 

STAR House 

The Canine Coach! 

The CREW Urban Youth Equestrians 

The Good Acre 

The JK Movement  

The Salvation Army St. Paul Eastside Corps 

The Sanneh Foundation 

The Summit-University Planning Council 

TopLine Financial Credit Union 

Tree Trust 

Twelve Plus Media 

Union Park District Council 

University of Minnesota - Renewable Energy Project 

Urban Boatbuilders 

Urban Roots 

Victoria Theater Arts Center 

Vivacity Tech PBC 

Warners’ Stellian 

West Indies Soul Food 

West Side Farmers Market 

WFNU Frogtown Community Radio 

Wilder Research 

World Youth Connect 

Xcel Energy 

Yellowbird coffee bar 

YMCA
     - Beacons Center 

     - Midway Early Childhood Center 

Young Dance 

Youth Leadership Initiative 

Youth Performance Company 

Other resources

Last Edited: September 26, 2024