From Education to Employment: How YEP Supports New Orleans Youth

Jerome Jupiter is the CEO of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), a New Orleans nonprofit helping young people access education, workforce training, mentoring, and enrichment opportunities. 🌱 We sat down with Jerome to talk about how YEP has grown from a juvenile reentry program into a broader resource for opportunity youth across the city, and how programs like YEP Works and Bike Works give young people hands-on experience while building skills and confidence for the future. 🚲💼 We also explore YEP’s partnership with Café Reconcile and why collaboration between nonprofits is so important, especially as organizations face limited funding and growing community needs. 🤝 Jerome shares how strong partnerships can connect young people to the right resources, create clearer pathways to employment and education, and make a greater impact by allowing each organization to focus on what it does best. 💛 🔔 Subscribe for more episodes like this –     / @comfystonefilms   Missions Bayou is presented by Comfy Stone, a New Orleans-based video production agency that helps organizations amplify their impact through mission-driven storytelling. Missions Bayou is hosted by Maya McGee and Brenna Gourgeot. Maya McGee is the Senior Director of Operations at Comfy Stone, where she helps nonprofits clarify and elevate their storytelling to better reflect their mission and impact. Brenna Gourgeot is a community organizer and data analyst focused on socioeconomic and environmental justice in Southeast Louisiana. From fundraising videos and social media content to full-scale podcast production, Comfy Stone makes it easy for organizations to share their stories in a way that resonates. 📲 Follow Comfy Stone ❤ Instagram: @comfystonefilms ❤ Website: www.comfystone.com #ComfyStoneFilms #ComfyStone #MissionsBayou #NewOrleans #Podcast #Nonprofits