A Peer Group Counseling program, set up in accordance with the Summer Youth Employment Program during 1980-81 in Riverside, California, is presented as a model. The program objectives focus on improving enrollees' feelings of self-worth and self-confidence; enhancing learning skills; supplying job-seeking skills; and stimulating a desire for knowledge. Activities to meet the objectives are outlined. Attainment of the objectives is described in detail and measured by operational and performance standards, assessment standards, counseling standards, counselee's termination standards, and follow-up standards. Local labor market information is provided, including industrial and occupational trends, as well as worksheets and information sheets. Although geographically specific, this document could serve as a model for similar programs elsewhere. (KMF)