youth employment

Know any young people looking for a job? If you work with youth, the answer is probably yes. Young Americans today face record unemployment.
There’s often a special connection between animals and their caretakers. Penny Ellison, who directs the Hand2Paw Foundation in Philadelphia, sees it every day. Hand2Paw empowers young adults from Covenant House Pennsylvania to volunteer in local animal shelters and help care for homeless pets.
Meet Craig, resident-turned-intern at Sea Haven for Youth, a runaway and homeless youth program in North Myrtle Beach, SC.
This contest from the nonprofit SparkAction aims to identify young people's ideas for creating local jobs and building education and training opportunities for young people. Entrants may make a short video or write a short description of their idea, upload it, then tweet and share it with their social networks. Voting opens on May 15. Visit the SparkOpportunity website for more information.
When 18-year-old Dan Wall started out as a messenger at the Seattle logistics company Expeditors in 1988, he had no intention of attending college. And he never imagined he would become the senior vice president of a Fortune 500 Company. His bosses, CEO Peter Rose and President of Sales and Marketing Tim Barber, saw what he couldn’t see. They knew he had the right attitude to go far. He...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration is offering four grants for organizations that serve juvenile offenders, ages 14 and above, in high-poverty, high-crime communities. Funded projects will aim to improve young people's long-term labor market prospects. Applicants should have the ability to run multi-site, multi-state projects. Grantees will be asked to...
If you’re a young person with gang-related tattoos and you’re looking for a job, even the Army won’t take you. Such was the experience of a young man who came to Clean Slate, the tattoo removal  program at the social services agency Social Advocates for Youth, in Santa Rosa, CA. The Army is generally okay with non-facial body art but prohibits gang-related and racist...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration will award about $75 million in grants for YouthBuild programs. YouthBuild programs provide education, job training and employment services to disadvantaged youth. Participants also get on-the-job training and serve their communities by building affordable housing. Read the full announcement (PDF, 168KB). If you've...
The Employment and Training Administration is offering grants to enable organizations to provide service learning and training to young adults ages 18-21 who have been involved in the juvenile justice system. Service-learning projects must combine meaningful community service with instruction and reflection. Training should lead to credentials recognized by in-demand industries in the geographic...
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