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Employment agency reports steady youth placements, warns of possible federal funding cuts
Summary
The county’s Employment & Training director reported strong youth‑employment participation and job‑fair turnout, but warned of uncertainty in federal workforce funding that could cut local support next fiscal year.
Steven Knapp, director of Employment & Training, gave the Legislature a quarterly update on workforce programs, youth employment initiatives and job‑fair activity, and flagged federal funding uncertainty that could affect the department.
Knapp said the county’s summer youth allocation was about “960 some odd thousand dollars” and that the department hopes to serve 350–400 youth this season; last year the program served a record 420 participants. He described a year‑round youth employment program that recently had 270 participants and concluded May…
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