City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0313R

• File #: 11-0313R
• Version: 0
• Name: Establishing a Permanent Fund-raising Committee for YouthWorks
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 8/15/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Establishing a Permanent Fund-raising Committee for YouthWorks FOR the purpose of calling on the Mayor and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to establish a dedicated permanent committee to expand fund-raising and job placement for YouthWorks in order to allow the program to expand and improve it’s effectiveness.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, 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 Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Establishing a Permanent Fund-raising Committee for YouthWorks

FOR the purpose of calling on the Mayor and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to establish a dedicated permanent committee to expand fund-raising and job placement for YouthWorks in order to allow the program to expand and improve it’s effectiveness.
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Recitals

A June hearing called by the City Council to review the state of the YouthWorks program as it nears three decades of existence allowed administrators to provide the Council with a great deal of helpful information. In the wake of this hearing, a number of innovative ideas for improving YouthWorks going forward have been raised. Some of these ideas include expanding YouthWorks into a year-round program, automating the registration process, and more systematically evaluating the job skills needed and gained by YouthWorks participants.

Although the current funding model has allowed YouthWorks to continue successfully for decades, implementing the above ideas while continuing to expand the number of participants in YouthWorks is likely to require new funding approaches as well. Expanding job placement throughout the year and during the traditional summer period will require increases in both funding and job sites. Currently, 90% of those supporting YouthWorks...