KINGSTON – Ulster County received over $300,000 from the state’s Office of Disability and Temporary Assistance to fund a summer jobs program that helps young people from low-income households gain valuable work experience and a paycheck.
The award, which is a nine percent increase over last year, will allow the county to hire and pay young people $11 an hour for jobs in many different positions.
“I am incredibly proud of the wide variety of businesses and not-for-profits
throughout Ulster County who provide worksites as part of the Summer Youth
Employment Program,” said County Executive Michael Hein. “This
program allows our youth to gain valuable work experience and skills such
as following a supervisor’s directions or dealing courteously with
customers. Gaining real job experience is beneficial to the young employee,
the county’s economic development efforts and the workforce as a
whole.”
The program has private and public worksites throughout Kingston and in every village and town in the county.
Applicants are required to complete an interview and orientation that includes job readiness skills and financial literacy before beginning the five-week jobs program on June 25. The application deadline is Tuesday, May 29, 2018.
Applications for the program are available online at www.UlsterWorks.com. They are also available at the Ulster County Career Center, 521 Boices Lane, Kingston and in every high school guidance office in the county. Late applications will not be accepted.
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