(This is the first effort to capture state and local youth employment practices. Members of the NASWA E&T Committee submitted the practices or they were discovered through internet searches.)
Traditionally, YouthWorks has operated a five-week summer jobs program with youth working at one of over 600 sites across the city. While the program has been around for decades, each of the last five years, YouthWorks has offered over 8,000 youth a summer job. COVID has made a traditional...
As a result of the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), state workforce agencies handling unemployment insurance, reemployment services, and pre-employment training are faced with a new set of challenges. The states are actively responding to these challenges to provide information for worker...