Employment program survives budget cuts
By Akiko Sugimori
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
The unemployment situation
is getting worse. This summer is a hard
time to find a job for some people, especially
youth, because of the down?turn of the economy
and effects of state budget cuts to the
support of unemployed people.
The Summer Youth Employment
Program, which was not going to exist because
of a dramatic decrease in funding, was approved
to continue at the Long Beach City Council
meeting Tuesday.
"I noticed this is
good start for youth in the community to
try to get direction." said 7th district
council woman, Tonia Reyes Uranga. She strongly
encouraged to continue the Summer Youth
Employment Program. "There is no doubt
about the importance of skills training
and investment in youth. 30 percent of our
community is under age of 18," she
said to support youth who really need to
work or get a skill, especially during summer.
The growing numbers of
immigrants and uneducated young adults in
cities across the country have created a
need to invest in occupational and soft
skills development to train them for jobs
beyond entry level where they can support
their families.
