, University
Lane County selected for model
program to employ local youth
By Andrew Nat hison
Emerald Contributor
Uneducated. untrained. un
employed and under 25.
They .ire unenviable cirt uni
stances but a (at I of life for peo
pie in many communities A
new program si bed tiled to be
gin by July 1. 1 ‘Mill will give
bane County youth struggling
with sui h burdens a t ham e to
improve their situation
A $111,000 grant awarded to
booking Class Youth and I ami
lv Services. Im of btigene will
lie used to plan a model youth
program called bane Metro
Youth Servit e ( orps fin
gene Springfield is one of 2 t
sites selected from a field of a2
to partii ipate in the national
demonstration prnjei I
bane Metro 'tooth Servile
Corps will provide paid work
experience for bane (.utility
youth, ages 15 to 2 1 who are
out of si hool and have little or
no work experience I he grant
allows I'.ugene Springfield to
remain in competition for .nidi
tional start up funding of the
vouth corps program
Members of the youth corps
will he required to work toward
completing their high si hool or
equivalent v requirements, if
they have not done so already
They also may receive tei hni
cal training They will work on
service projects of important e
to the community stu h as lions
mg rehabilitation, i itv (wautifi
i at ion and new i onstrut t ion
The gr.int was aw.irded b\
I’ublii Private Ventures an or
gani/.ation that sponsors joint
ventures between puhlii and
private agencies Public Private
Ventures is funded by public
and private sources
looking (ilass Youth and
family Services Ini provides
a \.irifty ol human services to
children, yitilth and families
including counseling, employ
men!. adolesi ent resident i.il
treatment, i risis intervention
and shelter care programs It
primarily serves l.nne County
U hat y\ e rei eiy ed
yyas a
planning grant said ( dieri
Brnkavt. director of develop
menl .it hooking Class The
grant was to take ns one step
further, planning an urban
youth ser\ u e eorps
Hrokaw stressed the sigmti
i nine of the prtijet I her arise ot
the widespread loopeiation he
tween puhlii and private agen
i ies w ithin l ane (siuntv
We've worked very closely
with the local puhlu agent ies
the i itv government the
county government KWKB (1 u
gene Water and l.lei Irit Bo.mil
and others Brokaw said
The idea tor the youth set
vii e i orps is that young people
i mil.I he pul to yyoik doing jobs
that they would lie paid foi
They would be doing column
lorn to Youth, Page h
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