ADVISORY: Inslee joins youth and employers in announcing $2.2 million in new YouthWorks grants

[TheWorldNewsOrg]

April 6, 2016

Contacts:  

Governor Inslee’s Communications Office | 360.902.4136

Employment Security Department Communications Office | 360.902.9376

ADVISORY: Inslee joins youth and employers in announcing $2.2 million in new YouthWorks grants

OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday will join youth, employers and workforce leaders to announce the winners of new grant funding to improve career readiness for youth across Washington and highlight successes of the YouthWorks program.

YouthWorks Phase One was a pilot program funded by the Employment Security Department (ESD) and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in fall 2013. The governor’s office, the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), OSPI, Workforce Development Councils, and ESD agreed to use $1.9 million in federal discretionary funding to expand Phase Two of YouthWorks statewide in 2014-15. This effort doubled the number of young people doing internships at local employers, doubled the number of youth who were matched up with employer mentors, and tripled the number of youth who had designed a specific career plan for their future at YouthWorks sites all across Washington. 

The governor will announce the winners of $2.2 million in YouthWorks grants for the 2015-16 Phase Three projects.

WHEN: Thursday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: SRG Partnership, an architectural, interiors and planning firm - 110 Union St, Seattle

WHO:

• Gov. Jay Inslee

• Marlena Sessions, director of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County

• Youth and mentor from the ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) program

• Youth and mentor from the Urban Artworks internships

• Tim Probst, Director of Workforce Development and Strategic Initiatives for the Employment Security Department

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