[Njabs-talk] Workforce Investment Act: Summer Employment

[Quintina M. Singleton]

Please share. Youth with disabilities

 may apply regardless of family income.

Workforce Investment Act Summer Employment Applications Are Now Being Accepted Across

the State

In order to serve youth who do not meet the low-income requirement, up to 5 percent

of youth enrolled in the WIA program each year may be enrolled based on one of the

categories in the Special Rule-5 Percent Eligibility Exemption for WIA youth. At

Boards' discretion, youth who do not meet any of the low-income requirements may

receive services under an eligibility exemption in one of the following categories:

1. School Dropout

2. Basic Skills Deficient

Note:

This exemption category is not interchangeable with the Deficient in Basic Literacy

Skills youth barrier as they cover different skills.

3. Behind Grade Level

Note:

When determining this category, it is necessary to determine the grade level at which

the participant should be functioning.

4. Pregnant or Parenting

5. Disabled (includes learning disabilities)

6. Homeless or Runaway

7. Offender

8. Faces serious barriers to employment as identified by Board policy

Also - For Newark Students Only

I am pleased to share with you that this year, The City of Newark's Youth One Stop

Career Center, will be providing employment and making available paid job readiness/training

programs to Newark youth

ages 14-17

 and older Newark youth

ages 18-24

. This program will be funded through the Federal Government's 2009 Stimulus Act

Fund. Please be advised that youth who wish to apply must meet the Federal Government

s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) guidelines. I have attached the 2009 poverty guidelines

as published in the Congressional Federal Register, Volume 74, No. 14 on January

23, 2009. In order for any youth to be deemed eligible, they must meet the poverty

guideline which accurately describes their current family unit.

Any youth who meets the financial guideline and who can submit the appropriate proof

of income documentation, may contact the staff member/s listed below to obtain a

WIA Summer Employee Application.

Additional Criteria-

 This program is available

ONLY

 to the following youth:

*In-School (at-risk) Youth ages 14-17:

 MUST BE PRESENTLY ENROLLED IN A

NEWARKPUBLIC SCHOOL

. (Proof of enrollment will be required)

OR Enrolled in a

NewarkPublic School

 but discontinued their education (dropped-out).

Verification of discontinued high school education (drop-out letter) will be required.

Youth who fall under the aforementioned category should contact one of the below

WIA Representatives:

Newark Youth One Stop Career

Center

990 Broad Street, Newark, New

Jersey 07102

Mr. Jeran Crawford

(973) 733-4851

 or Ms. Sonja D. Williams (973) 733-5104

Fax: (973) 733-4846

crawfordj at ci.newark.nj.us

 or

williamsso at ci.newark.nj..us

.

And

*Out-Of School

 (at-risk) Older Youth ages 18-24:

 Out-of-School Older Youth are individuals who obtained a GED, High School Diploma

(presently unemployed-considered at-risk) or enrolled in a

NewarkPublic School

 but discontinued their education (dropped-out).

Verification of discontinued high school education (drop-out letter) will be required.

Youth who fall under the aforementioned category should contact one of the below

WIA Representatives:

Newark Youth One Stop Career

Center

990 Broad Street, Newark, New

Jersey 07102

Ms. Alleshka Velez-Torres at 201.274.3498 or Haleem Ibn Abdullah 201.463.3160.

Fax: (973) 733-4846

torresal at ci.newark.nj.us@ci.newark.nj.us

 or

abdullahh at ci.newark.nj.us

.

Any youth applying must be able to provide the below documentation upon certification:

PROOF OF AGE:

(

Must be 14 years of age in order to apply and

MUST PROVIDE TWO (2) LEGIBLE COPIES OF ONE OF THE BELOW ITEMS)

Birth Certificate: Alien Registration (I-9) card or Form I-151

Baptismal Certificate

U.S. Passport

Completed Working Papers (Must use working paper forms attached)

WORKING PAPERS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED UNLESS THE PARTICIPANT IS 14 YEARS OF AGE. THE

NEWARKPUBLIC SCHOOL

'S ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT SIGN ANY WORKING PAPERS FOR A YOUTH WHO IS NOT AT LEAST

14 YEARS OF AGE, AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION.

PROOF OF INCOME:

Two of the most recent pay stubs and/or verification of SSI/RSDI/GA/TANF/Unemployment

Benefits

18-24 and Unemployed? :

 Must provide notarized letter from caretaker; specifying circumstances and a notarized

letter from applicant stating that he/she is unemployed.

CURRENT PROOF OF ADDRESS:

(Must be a Newark resident)

Telephone, Cable, Gas, or Electric Bill

Mail postmarked within the last 60 days

SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:

 MUST PROVIDE TWO (2) LEGIBLE COPIES

Copy of GED Certificate, High School Diploma or verification of discontinued high

school education (drop-out letter).

This program will run parallel to the existing Newark Summer Youth Work Experience

Program, July 6, 2009 to August 14, 2009.

Applications and placement into a paid summer activity will be provided on a first

come first serve basis.

 Deadline to receive

an application will be

: March 23, 2009.

Applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis beginning Monday,

April 20, 2009 until Friday, April 24, 2009,

 between the hours of 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Location: YEES Center, 200 Washington

Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

This certification period is not to be confused with the annual city summer program

s certification period. The aforementioned deadlines apply only to this year's WIA

Summer Employment Program.

Obtaining an application does not guarantee placement. Certification of a completed

application, which is accompanied by the below documentation, is the ONLY action

that will guarantee placement into a paid summer activity.

*Participants will work up to 35 hours per/week (7 hours a day, Mon.-Fri., each week)

at $7.15 per/hr.

Sincerely Yours,

Terrance L. Bankston

Assistant Director

Youth One Stop Career Center

990 Broad Street~1st Floor

973-733-8183 (o)

973-733-4846 (f)

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