Baltimore City Council
File #: 11-0312R    Version: 0 Name: Automating YouthWorks Registration
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 8/15/2011 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Automating YouthWorks Registration FOR the purpose of calling on the Mayor and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to continue to build on the success of the YouthWorks program by automating the use of Baltimore City Public Schools data bases for program registration to ensure that all eligible youth are able to participate.
Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, President Young
Indexes: Registration, Resolution, Youthworks
Attachments: 1. 11-0312R - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. OED - 11-0312R.pdf, 3. BCPSS - 11-0312R.pdf
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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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Automating YouthWorks Registration

FOR the purpose of calling on the Mayor and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development to continue to build on the success of the YouthWorks program by automating the use of Baltimore City Public Schools data bases for program registration to ensure that all eligible youth are able to participate.
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Recitals

The recently ended 2011 YouthWorks program should be celebrated for once again providing thousands of young people with meaningful summer work experiences. Still, even as we celebrate these successes, it is important to examine ways that the program could be improved.

At a June hearing called by the City Council to review the state of the YouthWorks program, administrators were able to provide a great deal of helpful information and a number of ideas for improvements were raised. One of these ideas in particular merits further consideration with an eye towards implementation in the near future.

This idea concerns the registration process that begins a young person’s experience with YouthWorks. Unfortunately, for some, this process also ends their YouthWorks experience as they are unable to procure all the necessary documentation to complete their registration in a timely fashion. One suggestion to overcome this hurdle is to link information alr...

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