Sentences with phrase «youth jobs»

For opportunity, he led the fight for summer youth jobs.

40,000 good youth jobs — including 5,000 youth green jobs — year years, investing $ 300 million renewed youth employment strategy.

Business leaders can set up youth job opportunities for teenagers.

To be sure, some of that can be blamed on a lackluster youth job market, but many teenagers are unemployed by choice.

I enrolled in an amazing youth job agency, and was assigned a job counselor who helped me tremendously with my job search.

Jackson cited Walsh's experience in economic development and his proposal for an expanded summer youth jobs program among his reasons for the endorsement.

We are urging the development of a bold Youth Job Guarantee that would ensure those under age 25 have access to a good job, paid internship, or training position within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed.

In advance of the Budget, the opposition called for a cut in VAT and a one - off tax on bankers» bonuses to fund youth job schemes and affordable house building.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced an additional $ 30 million dollars in funding for the Urban Youth Job Program earlier this week, whose goal is to connect at - risk youth with employment opportunities across the state.

Specifically: — a national insurance break for small firms taking on extra workers — a temporary tax cut for hard - pressed families — with VAT being the fairest and quickest option available — further cuts in VAT on home improvements — accelerated investment in infrastructure — and a serious programme to tackle the worsening youth jobs crisis, funded by a tax on bank bonuses.

I brought this up with Lauren Friese, a consultant and the founder of youth job site TalentEgg, who says the «money doesn't matter» stereotype comes from anxiety about finding steady work: «In an interview, you're not going to say, «Well, you pay a lot, and that is what's most important to me.

Come to EBRPD's 2nd annual youth job fairs!

The East Bay Regional Parks District is hosting their annual Youth Job Fairs, 2016.

The financial plan includes millions more in spending than Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed in his preliminary executive budget for youth jobs and programs and adds additional money to the city's reserves.

On the other hand, clean energy is woven throughout the budget, making an appearance in areas as varied as youth jobs, university research, social housing retrofits, or trade promotion abroad.

These include: youth job strategy; new training investment; aboriginal skills and employment; and jobs and innovation.

Also at 9:30 a.m., NYC Council Members Antonio Reynoso, Donovan Richards, Ritchie Torres, Robert Cornegy and others advocate for increasing youth jobs this year, and call for a verbal commitment to fully fund universal youth employment by 2019, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Ferreras - Copeland stressed that despite nearly $ 2 billion in new spending since the 2016 adopted budget, a 6.2 percent increase, many of the Council's top priorities had not been funded, including youth jobs programs, expanded after - school programs for elementary school children, restoring 34,000 slots to the summer programs for city youth, baselining case management services for seniors, and providing additional funding for cultural institutions.

Broadcasting live from the historic Old Bronx County Courthouse, MSNBC host and anchor Thomas Roberts, along with co-host Frances Rivera, will examine youth job preparedness and the rapidly evolving field of technology in addition to a number of community - wide initiatives which seek to meet the demands of the burgeoning industry.

Affectionately known as «America's Favorite Teacher,» Stephen has moved daily attendance from 40 % to 93 %, reduced behavioral incidents, improved test scores and helped create 2,200 youth jobs in the Bronx.

Employment counselling, workshops, resources room, certification classes, job placements, credential assessments, youth job counselling and computer classes are provided to help newcomers prepare for their entry into the workforce.

DNAinfo reported last week that the group has spent more on consultants, approximately $ 400,000, than it has on programming, approximately $ 300,000, for a city - run summer youth jobs program.

In advance of Wednesday's budget release, Cuomo's staff released the highlights of an anti-poverty plan that includes increasing the minimum wage from $ 8.75 an hour to $ 10.50 an hour, more funding for an urban youth jobs program and investing millions in housing, homelessness services and emergency food.

The West Harlem LDC has spent $ 400,000 of the funds on consultants alone — but only $ 300,000 on programming for a summer youth jobs program administered by the city.

It offers an array of policy recommendations, including an expansion of SNAP (the federal food stamp program), creating more and better youth job opportunities, and creating teen - led food distribution programs.

Jobs for every boy and girl — that's what the Broadbent Institute is proposing, in a paper calling for a Youth Job Guarantee.

Murad Hemmadi / Canadian Business Jobs for every boy and girl — that's what the Broadbent Institute is proposing, in a paper calling for a Youth Job Guarantee.

The province can create a youth jobs initiative to employ BC youth (ages 18 ¬ — 30) in part - time and full - time positions with the dual mandate of providing job experience and improving our social and natural environments.

The initial move towards a Youth Job Guarantee wouldn't solve all of the employment challenges facing Canada's youth.

Here again I digress as always just because I want to play the devil's advocate: why does Wenger make so much noise about the EPL not having enough black Managers whilst he consistently ignores those blacks within his playing ranks who have now retired but have not been given coaching responsibilities at The Arsenal; the likes of Paul Davis (Steve Bould was then given the youth job by Mr Wenger), more recently Sol Campbell, Patrick Vieira and the list goes on.

As a result, children's programs — childcare, parks and playgrounds, children's mental health services, youth jobs, child abuse prevention programs — were always the last things funded and the first things cut.

The deputy prime minister's off - the - cuff comment during a round of media interviews to promote his youth jobs scheme is a sign that ministers are seeking ways to spread some of the pain of austerity.

The Council is pushing to get 60,000 youth jobs for this summer at a cost of $ 93.8 million.

Malloy says he'll be forced to cut funding to summer youth jobs programs and services for people with disabilities.

In addition to the summer youth jobs, there are several other changes from Mr. de Blasio's proposed executive budget — including an extra $ 250 million for the city's Retiree Benefit Trust Fund for 2017, an effort to protect the city in the case of a fiscal downturn.

Mark - Viverito seemed to address those criticism when she highlighted money in the budget for increased library hours and youth jobs.

At 10:30 a.m., independent Syracuse mayoral candidate Ben Walsh holds a press conference to announce his youth jobs plan at the future office of the Digital Hyve, 126 N. Salina St., Syracuse.

The budget also adds 50,000 summer youth jobs, and more than 5,000 new units of senior housing within five years, Mark - Viverito said.

He wants to create stronger police - community relations by way of the Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) program, obtain security cameras for NYCHA, and pledges to advocate for more summer youth jobs and after - school programs.

Columbia University has given the group $ 3.55 million but the only programming thus far has been for a summer youth jobs program run by the city.

HARLEM — A West Harlem community group, under fire over its use of $ 3.5 million in Columbia University's expansion funds, did spend at least some of the money on a summer youth jobs program, a city agency confirmed Tuesday.

He also earmarked an extra $ 70 million to the New York City Housing Authority for bottle - necked repairs and better security, $ 6 million toward anti-gun violence initiatives and $ 8.5 million to expand summer youth jobs.

The committee will also seek criminal justice reforms, passage of a state DREAM Act, an increase in the urban youth jobs program.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced a $ 82.1 billion budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2017 at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, putting millions of additional dollars towards summer youth jobs, libraries and seniors while securing more money for the city's reserve fund and the citywide savings program.

«As the Council begins our Executive Budget hearings on May 6th, we will continue to strongly push for critical investments that will greatly expand employment opportunities for our young people by increasing the number of year round and summer youth jobs, advocating for vital legal services and workforce development skills to support our growing immigrant population and fighting to combat food insecurity in our City,» they said.

«We'll also be prioritizing our most high need young people by launching a joint task force to assess the needs and effectiveness of our youth job readiness programs with the ultimate goal of fully meeting the need for summer youth jobs.»

Buffalo has added more summer youth jobs to its paid - internship program.

He wants to build stronger police - community relations with the Neighborhood Coordination Officers program, bring more security cameras to New York City Housing Authority developments and youth jobs and after - school programs.