- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Mar. 24, 2008G
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2008-03-24
- Date of Original:
- 2008-03-24
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 2008/3-24G
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2008-s3-h24g-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2008-s3-h24g-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia
Department of Labor
NEWS RELEASE
SUITE 642
(404) 232-3685
148 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1751
FAX (404) 657-9996 Communications@dol.state.ga.us
Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Sam Hall
Director of Communications
March 24, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thurmond announces $53,276 grant for summer jobs for youth in MaconBibb County area
ATLANTA State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced today that the Georgia Department of Labor will provide $53,276 for summer jobs for youth 14 through 21 in the Macon-Bibb County area.
The funds are part of a $1 million grant that the labor department will provide statewide to create summer jobs for youth in rural and urban Georgia communities with limited employment opportunities.
In making the announcement, Commissioner Thurmond said, "The jobs created by this grant will offer many young people their best opportunity to get a job and earn wages this summer, when jobs may be scarce because of our weakening labor market. Their experience in a real-life working environment will also provide them the opportunity to develop good work ethics and better prepare them to eventually enter the job market fulltime."
The grant will help create 40 jobs for youth in Macon-Bibb County, including those with disabilities who are enrolled in High School/High Tech, a department program designed to help students with disabilities study technology.
Each youth will typically work 32 hours per week for six weeks and earn $5.85 per hour. A wide variety of jobs in both the public and private sectors will be available for the young people.
The initiative is a partnership between the labor department and the state's 20 Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs). In its sixth year, the program has previously allocated $5.3 million to serve 5,920 youth across the state.
Youth interested in applying for one of these summer jobs should contact their local Workforce Investment Board for more information. In the Macon-Bibb County area, the contact is Lori Howard, administrator of the Macon-Bibb Office of Workforce Development, at 200 Cherry St., Suite 400-B, in Macon. The telephone number is (478) 751-7333.
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 232-3685 CY-08-091