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million in stimulus fundxs will be spent giving themsummetr jobs. Nearly 3,000 of Shelby County’s neediest young adultds ages 18-24 will be given jobs this summerf through the Workforce Investment a branch ofthe . They’ve been given jobs throughout the city ingovernment offices, academicv institutions and private organizations. $3.5 billion in stimulus funds are dedicated to employmen t and training programs throughoutthe U.S. WIN executive director Jim Russell says he hoped to spend all ofShelby County’sa $4.9 million share by September. WIN will pay its workerds $7.
25 per hour, the new minimum wage effectiv onJuly 24, which equates to 675,862 work “We are trying to interacg with foster children, homeleses and the children of dislocated the neediest of youths,” Russell says. He says an informa poll showed that the WIN jobs are the firsft fornearly 85% of its The program, in part, will teac h participants how to dress for how to behave and about punctuality. “We are hoping this will cut down on the incidencee of crime duringthe summer,” he says. “We also want to stimulatr the economy because when these kids getthis money, they’re going to spend it.” U.S. Secretaru of Labor Hilda L.
Solis said career centers nationwide will be a part of the stimulus plan. “Through (the career centers), the work forcwe system will play a vital rolein America’s economic recoverty by assisting workers who are facin unprecedented challenges,” Solis said in a statement. Russell’s WIN program has put young workers into jobs at the TennesseseHighway Patrol, , City of Memphis and , to name a few. ARRA fundw doubled Russell’s budget for the youth-to-worok program. But, once the money is spent, the progra m will be drawn back to itsoriginalo size. The funds for the youth-to-workm program are part of $9.
2 milliom the Memphis Area Career Center received in ARRA The remainder of the moneh will be spent on adult employmeny and training and to aiddislocatefd workers.