MEMPHIS, Tenn. — About 300 jobs are coming to Shelby County to help put teens to work this summer.
The Workforce Investment Network or WIN has an office in Memphis and receives millions of dollars in federal funding to put teens to work.
Now they’ll be able to help more kids than ever before .
They work hard every year to get money to help teens .
This year, they got another grant that will help get jobs with salaries that pay anywhere from $12 to $15 dollars an hour.
The money keeps coming in to help fund programs for young people in the area. In the past three years, WIN received $5 million in grants to make it easier to put 14- to 24-year-olds to work. The most recent grant WIN received was for $9,000.
“If you look at the number of young people in the city of Memphis and the need to provide services for them, not only to keep them out of trouble but also to show them how to get impactful skills,” Kevin Woods, executive director for WIN,said.
These skills are preparing young people for internships and jobs after college.
“So we’re talking logistics, transportation, health care, we want to place these students in those industries so that they can find employment in this area and continue to do so,” said Jerry Johnson with WIN .
Johnson says in addition to job training, young people will learn about the importance of work ethics and setting goals.
“They also received valuable soft skills training that soft skills training in things like the importance of showing up to work on time, the importance of setting a standard of professional work experience,” he said.
Shelby County Schools plans to provide more information about this program soon.
You can also visit workforceinvestmentnetwork.com to learn more about those jobs .
