Stimulus funds provide important boost to local job training programs

According to the programs website "YouthBuild Schenectady is a 12-month program that helps young adults ages 18-24 from Schenectady County earn a GED while getting paid to build affordable housing. Participants receive six months of classroom instruction and onsite construction training and six months of job placement and support services." In this uncertain economy caused by the Bush Recession, programs such as this have an even more important role in work force training and development.

Thanks to funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was passed with help from both of our Senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and our Congressman Paul Tonko, YouthBuild Schenectady will receive $687,500 to teach "green" job skills.

Green collar jobs are considered to be a major part of the future workforce and, thanks to this funding stream, local youths will now be learning these critical skills.

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