The JobStart program will provide paid job training and work experience to more than 2,000 Chicago residents between June and September 2010. The program will offer job readiness training, paid employment at $8.25 per hour for up to 16 weeks, resume and job search assistance, and support services. To be eligible, participants must be 16-21 years old, unemployed, have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty level, and live in one of the specified Chicago communities. Funding is provided by several state and federal sources.
The JobStart program will provide paid job training and work experience to more than 2,000 Chicago residents between June and September 2010. The program will offer job readiness training, paid employment at $8.25 per hour for up to 16 weeks, resume and job search assistance, and support services. To be eligible, participants must be 16-21 years old, unemployed, have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty level, and live in one of the specified Chicago communities. Funding is provided by several state and federal sources.
The JobStart program will provide paid job training and work experience to more than 2,000 Chicago residents between June and September 2010. The program will offer job readiness training, paid employment at $8.25 per hour for up to 16 weeks, resume and job search assistance, and support services. To be eligible, participants must be 16-21 years old, unemployed, have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty level, and live in one of the specified Chicago communities. Funding is provided by several state and federal sources.
The JobStart program will provide paid job training and work experience to more than 2,000 Chicago residents between June and September 2010. The program will offer job readiness training, paid employment at $8.25 per hour for up to 16 weeks, resume and job search assistance, and support services. To be eligible, participants must be 16-21 years old, unemployed, have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty level, and live in one of the specified Chicago communities. Funding is provided by several state and federal sources.
JobStart will give more than 2,000 Chicagoans paid job training and work experience between June 1 and September 30, 2010.
Participants will receive:
• Program orientation and skills assessment • At least 30 hours job readiness training • Up to 16 weeks of paid employment at $8.25 per hour • Resume preparation Is JobStart for me? • Registration with online job search firm • Support services before and during JobStart youth program participants should: employment (may include transportation allowance or child-care assistance) • Be 16-21 years old and living with a parent or relative caretaker • Job coaching/mentoring • Be a U.S. citizen or have a valid • Job search assistance U.S. work permit
• Financial counseling • Reside in one of the following communities:
Douglas, East Garfield Park, Englewood, Funding for JobStart is provided by the Grand Boulevard, Kenwood, Lower West 2016 Fund for Chicago Neighborhoods, the Side, North Lawndale, Near South Side, Near West Side, Oakland, South Lawndale, Illinois Department of Human Services and Washington Park, or Woodlawn the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act • Be unemployed at the start of the program (federal stimulus package). • Have an annual household income For more information, below 200% of the federal poverty level: contact Natasha Sewell at: (income/size of family unit) • $29,140/2 Westside Health • $36,620/3 • $44,100/4 Authority • $51,580/5 • $59,060/6 773-378-5034
DHS 4177 (N-05-10) JobStart - Youth (Westside Health Authority)
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