MontgomeryWorks partners with youth programs to provide
educational and occupational skills that foster academic
and employment success. Our programs encourage youth to
achieve educational goals, obtain work experience, develop
leadership skills, practice good citizenship, and provide
community service. For more information, call (301) 946-1806
or contact a resource specialist at the MontgomeryWorks
location near you.
Summer Youth Jobs Program
Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development
has received funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA) to expand a Summer Youth Jobs Program.
If you are a young person between the ages of 14 –
24 and would like more information, please click
here. If you are an employer looking to provide a work
experience for a young person (at no cost to you), please
click
here.
Please contact Janelle Cauthen at Janelle@layc-dc.org for
further details.
Maryland
Multicultural Youth Centers in Silver Spring
offer the Youth Employment and Academic Readiness (YEAR)
program, which provides training and job opportunities,
job readiness training, and one-on-one career counseling.
YEAR staff are bilingual and bicultural. For more information,
contact the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers at (301)
495-0441 ext. 226.
Job
Corps offers an academic, vocational, and social
skills training program for low-income youth-ages 16-24
who are motivated to learn the skills and work ethic they
need to start and sustain their careers. Job Corps operates
119 primarily residential centers nationwide, including
the Woodland Job Corps Center in Laurel, Maryland and Woodstock
Job Corps Center in Woodstock, Maryland. Students receive
living allowances, free health care, and other benefits
by participating in the program. Ninety percent of Maryland
Job Corps graduates get jobs or enroll in higher education.
For more information, call (800) 440-1010 or visit www.jobcorpsregion2.com.
Youth with Disabilities Project is a partnership
among MontgomeryWorks, TransCen, Inc., and Montgomery County
Public Schools to provide new skills, work experience, and
job opportunities to youth with disabilities in public schools.
For more information, call MontgomeryWorks at (301) 946-1806.
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