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REPORT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date:
December 8, 2003
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Resolution #: Gf'A- -t.f-S~;() 3
Report #: CSD-19-03
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Subject:
Municipality of Clarington 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-19-03 be received for information.
Submitted by:
eph P. Caruana
irector of Community Services
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Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 Summer Jobs Service is a student job subsidy program created by the Province
of Ontario and is facilitated in 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 The Summer Jobs Service program offers free training to students in areas such
as job search and self-marketing skills. This program is designed to help eligible
youth (see section 2) prepare for employment, gain employment experience and
stay in school.
1.4 This is the second year that the Community Services Department has
participated in the program. This year, the Corporate Services Department,
Engineering Department, Operations Department and Planning Department also
participated for the first time in the program.
1.5 The program was facilitated through the Community Services Department on
behalf of the Municipality of Clarington.
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 2003, the Community Services Department submitted an
application to the Summer Jobs Service program on behalf of the Municipality of
Clarington. Included with this application was a list of students that had been
hired for the summer in the Community Services, Corporate Services,
Engineering Services, Operations, and Planning Services Departments. This
application identified the start and end dates for our summer work term (June 1,
2003 through to and including August 31,2003).
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3.2 The participating departments were responsible for submitting their student's
hours to the Community Services Department, who then forwarded 3 sets of
invoices to the Summer Jobs Service program throughout the summer term on
behalf of the Municipality of Clarington.
4.0 Comments
4.1 Through staff initiatives to pursue this program, the Municipality received
approval for 89 students in the Summer Jobs Service program. This was an
increase from 46 students in 2002.
4.2 These students worked a combined 22,129 hours from June 1 to August 31,
2003. The total subsidy received by the Municipality of Clarington from the
Summer Jobs Service program was $44,258.00. This reflects an increase from
$27,454.00 in 2002.
4.3 Each participating department received the following subsidy amounts:
. Community Services $32,799.50
. Operations $9,543.50
. Engineering Services $698.00
. Planning Services $682.00
. Corporate Services $535.00
4.4 The Departments do not budget for this revenue as the program is not
guaranteed from year to year. The funds are recognized in a miscellaneous
revenue account specific to each department.
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