For a third year, Danbury is bringing back its Summer Youth Employment Program for students ages 14 and up in collaboration with the University of Connecticut Extension Center.
The program trained 100 teens last year utilizing a grant from the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. Teens worked 20 hours a week at the state minimum wage of $7.65 an hour.
The program is hiring workers and supervisors for a six-week term beginning July 7.
Students must be Danbury residents and enrolled in the public school systems”™ reduced-cost lunch program.
Youths will receive work opportunities at nonprofit organizations such as the Charles Ives Center, the Danbury Museum & Historical Society, Literacy Volunteers and Danbury Youth Services.
Other employees will work on maintenance activities in CityCenter Danbury and landscaping at Tarrywile Park and Rogers Park.
Applications are available in school guidance departments, at City Hall”™s personnel department, or on the city”™s Web site at www.Danbury-CT.gov. Applications must be submitted in person by June 20 to the personnel department at City Hall, including copies of an applicant”™s birth certificate, social security card, and most-recent report card. Applicants must also submit one of the following documents:
Ӣ a copy of a document providing proof of the applicantӪs eligibility for the free/reduced lunch program;
Ӣ a copy of the applicantӪs family federal tax return for 2007;
Ӣ documentation that the family receives food stamps, cash payments under TANF or other general assistance; or
Ӣ proof of applicant designated handicapped or special-education status.
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