Bilingual assistance is available at most sites.
The 10 branches listed above serve a student body of over 20,000 students. Over 600 students registered to participate in 1998-99, with an average of 250 students being assisted each day. The program places trained high school junior and senior honors students at each branch during after school hours three to four days a week. The actual employment of the students is handled by the Youth Employment Partnership Inc., a local employment agency working exclusively with young people. It is their responsibility to hire the teen mentors, process employment forms and records, and issue salaries.