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Cayuga County to receive $414,000 for year-round youth employment; workforce board budget tabled
Summary
County staff said the county will receive $414,000 under the GIVE initiative to continue a year-round youth employment program, and reported an application for a youth leadership program. County representatives said the county still lacks an approved workforce development board budget after the board tabled preliminary budgets.
County staff announced a $414,000 award through the GIVE initiative to support the year-round youth employment program and described plans for a youth leadership course, while also reporting that the workforce development board has tabled its budgets.
Kelly Kirk, county planning staff member, said Christine brought a resolution at the county’s Department of Human Services that would secure $414,000 to continue the year-round youth employment program under the GIVE initiative. "One of the things that I want to highlight is that we are going to receive the $414,000," Kirk said.
Kirk illustrated how the funding is being braided across programs to support one participant who is a parenting teen in poverty and was previously homeless: the youth is employed by a county department, earning a paycheck while receiving training funded by a combination of federal and state programs to obtain a commercial driver’s license. "We're being very creative in how to utilize our funds to the greatest capacity that we can because they're limited," Kirk said.
Staff also reported that they applied to the Youth Bureau for a youth leadership course called FLOC (Future Leaders of Cayuga County), aimed at exposing youth to careers, leadership skills and civic awareness with the goal of encouraging local retention of graduates.
On workforce governance and budgets, staff said preliminary budgets were submitted in June and July, but the workforce development board tabled final approval at its September meeting. A budget-and-finance committee will meet and the county staffers expect an emergency board meeting to act on revised budgets. Kirk said local representation on the board has increased and that county representatives — including Carrie and Brian Soper — are now serving on budget and finance efforts.
Why it matters: the GIVE-funded program provides wage and training opportunities that staff said help vulnerable youth obtain credentials and work experience. The workforce board’s budget status affects how county and regional employment services are funded and administered.
Next steps: staff said they will meet with the budget-and-finance committee, revise budget proposals and call an emergency workforce board meeting to seek final approval.
