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REPORT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date:
January 24, 2005
Resolution #:
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Report #: CSD-01-05
File#:
By-law #:
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-01-05 be received for information.
Submitted by:
J h. Caruana
. ector of Community Services
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Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
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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 per hour wage subsidy to
employers who employ students for the summer. The program also posts jobs,
which are subsidized by the program, in the 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 skiils. 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 third year that the Community Services Department has initiated the
program on behalf of the Municipality.
2.0 Target Group
2.1 The Summer Jobs Service program is targeted to students aged 15-24 years
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 wiil be increased to fuil-time
while participating in the Summer Jobs Service).
3.0 Application Process
3.1 In late Spring 2004, 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 various departments including Corporate Services
Department, Engineering Department, Operations Department and the Planning
Services Department. This application identified the start and end dates for our
summer work term (June 1,2004 through to and including August 31,2004).
4.0 Comments
4.1 Through staff initiatives to pursue this program, the Municipality submitted
requests for 117 student positions, however received approval for 42 students in
the Summer Jobs Service program. The total subsidy received by the
Municipality of Clarington from the Summer Jobs Service program was
$26,450.00. This is a decrease from 2003 as the number of employers
participating in the program has increased. It should be noted that eligibility does
not guarantee the employer wiil receive $2.00 per hour per student as the total
funds are distributed by formula to the participating employers.
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4.2 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.
4.3 The program has again been approved for 2005 and the Community Services
Department will be submitting applications on behalf of the municipality at the
appropriate time.
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