[from Reed Connell, Executive Director, Foster Youth Alliance (FYA) 2/09/10]
Today, I am pleased to provide an update on the ACHIRE Subsidized Employment program for former foster youth here in Alameda County. Please review the following information and forward this email to whomever in your program works with youth who may be eligible and are in need of a job.
Partner Agencies:
The Subsidized Employment program for former foster youth is operated collaboratively by First Place for Youth, Beyond Emancipation, Bay Area Youth Centers, and Youth Uprising.
Eligible youth:
The program is available to parents in any one of the following four categories:
• Current CalWORKs recipients.
• Custodial parents under 200% of the federal poverty level
• Non-custodial parents under 200% of poverty whose child’s custodial family is also under 200% of poverty.
• Parents under 200% of poverty who are working on a family reunification plan of less then 12 months duration.
Program services & benefits:
A Job Developer from any one of the four participating agencies works with youth to determine eligibility and job readiness. They work with interested employers to understand the program’s procedures and benefits, then link individual youth to jobs with those employers.
Employers who hire through the program will be reimbursed for 80% of wages and related taxes for the duration of the stimulus act. (Currently, through September 30, 2010.)
Agency Contacts:
Listed below are program contacts at each of the four partner agencies.
at First Place for Youth:
Tarik Scott
tscott@firstplaceforyouth.org
510-272-0979 x259
at Bay Area Youth Centers
Monica Osorio
monica@bayareayouthcenters.org
415-760-6554
at Beyond Emancipation
Tenina Stevens
teninas@beyondemancipation.org
510-667-7642 x57642
at Youth Uprising:
Clive Harrison
charrison@youthuprising.org
510-777-9909 x167
Related posts:
- Jobs for Former Foster Youth in Alameda County
- Girls Incorporated of Alameda County Hiring Special Events Admin
- San Francisco Children Living in Poverty – Is the Data affected by Foster Youth Placed out of County?
- Fostering the Future: How Alameda County is leading a new movement to shepherd foster care teenagers into adulthood
- Innovative foster teen program opens in Ventura County
