City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0276R

• File #: 11-0276R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - YouthWorks 2011
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/11/2011
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 7/18/2011
• Title: Informational Hearing - YouthWorks 2011 FOR the purpose of inviting the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to report to the City Council on the practices and polices of YouthWorks 2011; to detail the residential demographics of the youth served; to provide an analysis of the return rate of youth who have participated in past years; and to describe the sustainability of the relationships with businesses or agencies that have contributed funds or positions to the program in previous years.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Carl Stokes, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Resolution, Youthworks

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2011	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably
7/18/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
6/6/2011	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/23/2011	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/14/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/11/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
4/11/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
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INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - YouthWorks 2011

FOR the purpose of inviting the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to report to the City Council on the practices and polices of YouthWorks 2011; to detail the residential demographics of the youth served; to provide an analysis of the return rate of youth who have participated in past years; and to describe the sustainability of the relationships with businesses or agencies that have contributed funds or positions to the program in previous years.
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YouthWorks 2011 will operate from June 27 – August 5 to provide Baltimore City youths and young adults, ages 14- 21, the opportunity to “develop the essential work skills that today’s employees require, and many will discover their true career interests during the summer of 2011. YouthWorks provides well-prepared, multi-skilled, and dependable high school and college students who are eager to work. While the program benefits youth by allowing them to explore careers and better understand the value of education, it also enriches businesses by giving them access to a talented and energetic labor pool of motivated workers”.

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