Opportunity Youth Initiative from The Port of Seattle delivers results in underserved communities

The Port of Seattle’s $1.5 million Opportunity Youth Initiative continues to support nearly 200 jobs this summer for underserved youth, providing funding and support to four local non-profit organizations: Seattle Goodwill, Seattle Parks Foundation, Partner in Employment (PIE), and Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle. Early results are in, and youth are learning skills and earning money for themselves and their families.

The COVID-19 global pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to the entire region, but the communities the farthest from opportunity experienced the most harm. The Port particularly focused the investments of this initiative to those underserved communities who have been most impacted by COVID-19.