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Commissioners fund Ready to Earn youth program and Tech Corps internships; participant describes path to work
Summary
The board approved $1.384M in Ready to Earn agreements to serve 305 youth and a $525,000 TANF award to Tech Corps Ohio for 50 paid tech internships; a program participant described how internships led to a construction trade job.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on May 6 unanimously approved agreements totaling $1,384,612.70 to support the Ready to Earn youth empowerment program and separately approved a $525,000 TANF subaward with Tech Corps Ohio to expand paid summer tech internships.
Carmen Barnes, assistant director of Job and Family Services, told the board the Ready to Earn program offers two tracks: one for high‑school‑age youth focused on work‑based learning in fields such as…
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