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Southern Indiana Works outlines expanded Summer Works placements for Clarksville youth
Summary
Southern Indiana Works presented the Summer Works youth employment program, reporting prior participation and asking the town to consider hosting more youth in 2025; the program runs six weeks at 20 hours per week with a proposed $15 hourly wage and an estimated $2,500 cost per participant.
Theresa Moulton, youth program manager for Southern Indiana Works, told the council the Summer Works program provides 16–21-year-olds with six weeks of part‑time summer work and job‑readiness training. “Our goal is to provide meaningful employment for the youth, in the summer,” Moulton said.
Moulton reviewed 2023–24 participation: the program began with nine worksites in 2023 (18 participants, 17 completed) and expanded in 2024 to 16 worksites with 31 starters and 29 completers; total wages paid in 2024 were reported at $47,048. She said Clarksville’s parks and recreation hosted three participants in 2023 and four in 2024, and the program hopes to place 40–50 youth in 2025. Moulton provided a per‑participant cost estimate of $2,500 covering wages and administration and left handouts for council members to review.
Councilors thanked the presenter and said they would discuss possible town placements for 2025.
