Posted on 06/08/2009 7:12:26 PM PDT by blueyon
Guidelines released today for spending the $1.2 billion provided by the federal stimulus bill for summer job programs spell out the jobs, the employers and the youths that can be included in the programs.
But looming deadlines and the complex ways of determining whether youths meet low-income limits make the labor department's call for the workforce boards to spend the money "expeditiously and effectively" all the more difficult.
(Excerpt) Read more at youthtoday.org ...
The stimulus package does not allow agencies to use free and reduced lunch criteria to determine eligibility, as many had hoped. For the summer programs, "low-income" means, among other things, families that get cash payments under a federal, state or local income-based public assistance program or meet other complex criteria.
In addition, participating youths MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW that they have at least one of the BARRIERS TO EDUCATION or EMPLOYMENT identified in the Workforce Investment Act. Those barriers include being deficient in basic literacy skills, a high school dropout, homeless, a runaway, a foster child, pregnant or parenting, an offender or an individual who requires additional assistance to complete an education program or hold down a job. The age for participants stretches from 14 to 24.
***This is your (our) tax dollars at work. A lot of American youth will be excluded from the work programs because they are not homeless, a drop out, runaway or pregnant. Now I am not saying that poorer kids should not get some help but this is a very one sided stimulus deal. Where is the fairness for all teens. You know the ones that are studying and staying in school, not knocked up or being a single parent. Or are we saying "Hey kids, you want work, run away or go get pregnant, then we will give you work. Or is this just another "redistribute the wealth" program that most of America doesn't even know the rules of?
They are attempting to “herd cats.” Another term that comes to mind is a “clusterf***.”
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JJ61
This is pure BS. Where are the grown-ups? Hope you folks that turned up your noses at McCain are happy now.
There is another important part.
” it also admonishes local workforce boards - the agencies that ultimately will be responsible for administering the funds - to ensure jobs are providing real work experience for participants, not busy work. “
After all, we can’t have these teenagers doing menial labor. One can’t expect them to learn from hard work, what with all their ‘disabilities’.
We have to give them ‘real jobs’, like...
Community organizer?
Czar Consultant?
Global Warming Specialist?
Census Manager?
McCain wouldnt be doing any better. He was exactly as clueless as Barry (and the rest of the idiots in congress) when it comes to the economy. If he runs for president again, i wont vote for him again.
later and holy crap!
“Those barriers include being deficient in basic literacy skills, a high school dropout, homeless, a runaway, a foster child, pregnant or parenting, an offender or an individual who requires additional assistance to complete an education program or hold down a job.”
Let’s see, they are targeting the very individuals that are likely to not want the work in the first place? Makes sense to me....like everything else the Federal Government produces.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
I guess Obama thinks idle hands are the devil's workshop.
Perhaps they should go to the local juvenile detention centers and hire the incarcerated “youts” residing there. I doubt if many other teens will qualify.
Is anyone really surprised by this?
Sorry but the way our Contry works one name on the ballot wins and the other (s) lose. This time the Country lost.
Reward the irresponsible. It’s the Democratic way.
I hope for your sake we only have the perfect candidate in the general election.
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