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HELPING TEENS BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT ADULTS
 
23. Name of Service/Activity:   Youth Jobs
  Lead County Agency:   Community and Senior Services
  Description:  

This program is the successor to the current JTPA Summer Youth programs that will provide paid work-based learning opportunities for 9,000 CalWORKs youths in Los Angeles County coupled with functional basic skills, career planning, employment, employment readiness skills, and job placement (includes summer jobs, retail management, library jobs, transportation foundation and LA Youth at Work). First priority for these opportunities would go to CalWORKs teen parents.

  Outcome Area(s):   Education & Workforce Readiness
  Measurable Indicators:
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Elementary and secondary school students reading at grade level
   
·
Teenage high school graduation
   
·
Mother's educational attainment at child's birth
  Provider: Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) & subcontractors
  Estimated Annual Costs   
  Single Allocation: None
  Performance Incentive-Net
County Cost :

$6.5 million