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REPORT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
Date:
Report #:
CSD-01-03
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By-law #:
Subject:
Community Services Department participation in the Summer Jobs
Service Program
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report CSD-01-03 be received for information.
ph P. Caruana
ctor of Community Services
Reviewed btJ" ~ -=- C~
Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
JPC/BT/EB
Last Revision Date: December 20,2002
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 Summer Jobs Service is a program created by the Province of Ontario and is
facilitated in the Durham Region through the John Howard Society.
1.2 The Summer Jobs Service program provides a $2.00 / hour wage subsidy to
employers who employ students for the summer. The program also posts jobs,
which are subsidized by the program, in Summer Jobs Service job bank for
student access.
1.3 This program is designed to help eligible youth prepare for employment, gain
employment experience and stay in school. The Summer Jobs Service program
offers free training to students in areas such as job search and self-marketing
skills.
2.0 Target Group
2.1 The Summer Jobs Service program is targeted to students aged 15-24 years (up
to 29 for a person with a disability) who are currently attending school and plan to
return to school in the fall.
2.2 The students must not be currently working for the employer applying for the
subsidy (exception: students whose part-time jobs will be increased to full-time
while participating in the Summer Jobs Service).
3.0 Application Process
3.1 In late Spring 2002, the Community Services Department submitted an
application to the Summer Jobs Service program. Included with this application
was a list of students that had been hired for the summer in the Aquatics &
Recreation divisions and identified the start and end dates for our summer work
term (June 15, 2002 through to and including August 31, 2002).
3.2 The Community Services Department received a contract from the Summer Jobs
Service program, which identified the number of students who were eligible for
enrolment. At the conclusion of the summer work term, we submitted invoices to
the Summ~r Jobs Service program for payment of the subsidy.
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4.0 Comments
4.1 Through staff initiatives to pursue this program, the Municipality received
approval for 46 students in the Summer Jobs Service program.
4.2 These students worked a combined 13 727 hours from June 15 to August 31,
2002. The total subsidy received by the Community Services Department from
the Summer Jobs Service program was $27,454.00.
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