By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER While 50 teens were provided employment last summer through the Capital Workforce Partners Summer Youth Employment Initiative, more than 50 percent of the applicants for the subsidized program were turned down. “Too many youths are not getting that experience” of working and the skills, good values and character building that comes with it, said Tom Phillips, president and CEO of Capital Workforce Partners. The subsidized summer youth employment program over the last few years has been able to put about 50 teens to work at over 20 work sites. Last year, the program scattered 51 teens among 22 work sites that varied from non-profit organizations, Bristol Hospital and more. Representatives from the Imagine Nation Museum, Bristol Housing Authority, Spare Time Bristol, Arthur G. Russell, and more were present at last week’s summer youth employment breakfast, where they heard about the opportunities they can provide to the younger generation. The program is offered to students from most of Hartford County, in towns like Bristol and Plainville who apply to the program. These students must be receiving, or eligible, for free and reduced lunch at his or her school. The program is state funded. Phillips said this [...]
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