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Thousands of young people are working in Baltimore County jobs this summer.

Baltimore’s YouthWorks summer jobs program is providing work opportunities for more than 5,400 young people. The youths, ages 14 to 24, are employed at more than 400 private sector and nonprofit organizations throughout the city.

The youths will work 30-hours per week through August 6. Work settings include summer camps, hospitals, universities, and law offices. There also are many green jobs and positions in the Youth Ambassador Program.

“Resolving the worst budget crisis in Baltimore city’s modern history presented many challenges, but our commitment to YouthWorks has remained unchanged,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said. “I am appreciative of the financial support provided by individuals, as well as our local business and philanthropic communities.”

This year’s YouthWorks program, dubbed “Summer Jobs Launch Careers,” is meant to help young people realize that having a productive summer job can have significant lasting effects on their careers.

The program uses a targeted matching system to pair job assignments with the careers that youths are interested in. It also places an emphasis on effective work behaviors and financial literacy in order to help America’s future workforce develop the skills they need to succeed.

Employers that participate in the program pay $1,400 for each participant’s wage. Additional sources of funding also are being used to operate the program, including $1.6 million that was approved by the Baltimore City Council.

The U.S. Department of Labor also recently awarded the city a $575,000 grant to create the Baltimore Career Corps, which will allow YouthWorks participants to develop individualized career plans and acquire work readiness skills.

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