{"id":8069,"date":"2025-12-02T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?p=8069"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:41","slug":"youth-education-support-program-yesp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/2025\/youth-education-support-program-yesp\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Education Support Program (YESP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Youth Education Support Program (YESP)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>The YMCA of the National Capital Region \u2013 Youth Education Support Program (YESP) supports students aged 15-25 to find success in post-secondary education. <\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">The program can provide financial aid by covering university application fees and offers 15 scholarships of up to $1,500 each year and provides various other supports, such as a homework club, tutoring, and skills workshops. <\/strong>Students have access to a resource room with school supplies, hygiene products, and food. Additional supports include career guidance, mentorship, and campus tours. There is no cost to participate in this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Youth Education Support Program is for students aged 15\u201325 in grades 11 and 12, as well as those in their first year of post-secondary studies. The program is open to youth living in Ottawa who are Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents, or Convention Refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"scholarships\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scholarships are offered to eligible youth who are registered full-time in a post-secondary institution. Applicants must be enrolled in the YMCA of the National Capital Region\u2019s Youth Education Support Program, be involved in their community, and demonstrate financial need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"contact-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To register or learn more, contact:<br><a href=\"mailto:YESP@ymcaottawa.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YESP@ymcaottawa.ca<\/a><br>613-237-1320 ext. 5148<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ymcaottawa.ca%2Fyouth-programs&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSomeiTam%40Cunet.Carleton.Ca%7Cc772cef59e9e4d68e2fc08de2df8ef38%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638998744837714969%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Q%2B35UsXWv9YLbK4OaDdaEvHqYXJJUbPXjllpRksqu54%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Programs | YMCA of the National Capital Region<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program can provide financial aid by covering university application fees and offers 15 scholarships of up to $1,500 each year and provides various other supports, such as a homework club, tutoring, and skills workshops. Students have access to a resource room with school supplies, hygiene products, and food. Additional supports include career guidance, mentorship, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,32],"tags":[76,79,96,95,94],"class_list":["post-8069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-feed","category-newsletter","tag-financial-aid","tag-scholarships","tag-student-support","tag-yesp","tag-ymca"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8070,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069\/revisions\/8070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}