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Department of Labor reports summer jobs, apprenticeship plans and $676,000 in philanthropic support
Summary
Interim Commissioner Theresa Austin Gibbons told the council the Department of Labor placed more than 5,700 youth in summer jobs in 2025 (about 14,000 since 2022), secured $676,000 in philanthropic grants for career programming and plans a city apprenticeship program.
Theresa Austin Gibbons, interim commissioner of the Atlanta Department of Labor, told the City Council that the department secured $676,000 in philanthropic grants and is preparing a signature apprenticeship program for youth, adults and dislocated workers.
The funding — $676,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation — will be used to expand career‑readiness and permanent employment programs in targeted ZIP codes, the department said. "The Annie E. Casey was for 18 to 24 year olds,…
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