Philadelphia Mayor’s Office Highlights Summer Programs for Youth and Families

Philadelphia’s mayor’s office is promoting a range of summer programs designed to provide youth with work experience, academic enrichment, and safe, structured activities during the break. The initiatives are part of a broader city effort to support students, families, and young adults through paid internships, summer camp programming, and other seasonal services.

One of the city’s flagship offerings is the Mayor’s Internship Program, a paid summer internship for Philadelphia students interested in public service. According to city information, the 2026 program runs from June 8 through August 14 and places interns across city departments for hands-on learning and professional development. Temple University’s announcement said the program includes 50 students placed in 40 city agencies and pays $18 per hour. The city’s program page is available at phila.gov/programs/mayors-internship-program.

For younger children, Summer Achievers at EDEY Schools offers a free six-week camp for rising first through eighth graders. The program runs from June 22 through July 31 and provides a full-day schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. It includes meals, enrichment activities, and field trips, with support from the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia. The city announcement lists the program through phila.gov and identifies it as part of the city’s Extended Day, Extended Year initiative.

Philadelphia officials have also pointed residents toward broader seasonal programming available through city agencies and partners. Those offerings include camps, recreation activities, learning support, meals, and youth engagement programs intended to keep children and teens active throughout the summer. The city has described the initiative as part of its effort to expand access to affordable programming for families across the city.

Program Information

• Mayor’s Internship Program, June 8 to August 14, 2026, pay rate of $18 per hour.
• Program page: phila.gov/programs/mayors-internship-program.
• Summer Achievers at EDEY Schools, June 22 to July 31, 2026, daily hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m..
• Summer Achievers information appears on phila.gov under the city’s summer programming announcements.

Contact and Locations

The source material available here did not provide a single dedicated phone number or street address for a central summer-program office, but it did identify the official city program page for the Mayor’s Internship Program and the phila.gov announcement page for Summer Achievers. For official updates, the best published contact point in the source material is the city’s program page: https://www.phila.gov/programs/mayors-internship-program/.