City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0310R

• File #: 11-0310R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Constant Funding - Baltimore City YouthWorks
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 8/15/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Informational Hearing - Constant Funding - Baltimore City YouthWorks FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Finance and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to jointly determine a satisfactory level of basic sustainable Baltimore City funding for the YouthWorks program; asking the Director of Finance to identify funds in the Baltimore City budget to provide that constant level of funding in FY 2012 and beyond for Baltimore City YouthWorks as a reliable base upon which the summer jobs program can build its budget comprising public, private, and philanthropic donations; and urging the Administration to ensure that the funding provided herein does not diminish an overall increase in a fiscal commitment to opportunities for Baltimore City’s youth.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Belinda Conaway, William "Pete" Welch, Warren Branch, President Young
• Indexes: Resolution, Youthworks

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/18/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
8/18/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
8/15/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Constant Funding - Baltimore City YouthWorks

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Finance and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to jointly determine a satisfactory level of basic sustainable Baltimore City funding for the YouthWorks program; asking the Director of Finance to identify funds in the Baltimore City budget to provide that constant level of funding in FY 2012 and beyond for Baltimore City YouthWorks as a reliable base upon which the summer jobs program can build its budget comprising public, private, and philanthropic donations; and urging the Administration to ensure that the funding provided herein does not diminish an overall increase in a fiscal commitment to opportunities for Baltimore City’s youth.
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Recitals

Baltimore Summer Job Program Launches Careers, The U.S. Mayor Newspaper, October 4, 2010, proclaims: “Local Leadership Leads to Long Standing Success: For more than 30 years Baltimore has successfully operated its annual summer jobs program even when stand alone federal funds ceased to exist. With support from individual donors, business and philanthropic contributors, and local, state, and federal government, youth from all over the city work in summer jobs each year. And 2010 was no exception, even in a sluggish economy.”

The ...