The town of Denver introduced Monday that it could pay $1,000 bonuses to qualifying younger individuals who log a minimum of 100 hours at a role this summer time.
The bills — to be had to Denverites ages 14 to 21 years outdated — are a part of a broader effort Mayor Mike Johnston’s place of business is spearheading this summer time to pressure down charges of juvenile violence.
“We’re serious about this as a multi-pronged option to how we will be able to interact younger other folks into sure summer time actions and the way we will be able to lend a hand save you the hazards of summer time violence,” Johnston mentioned all the way through a morning information convention.
The YouthWorks initiative shall be funded via a $1 million state grant, consistent with town officers.
Town officers say this system is designed to supply bills to as much as 1,000 youths within the town. This system will prioritize low-income families. The web utility says family revenue data shall be required, together with whether or not candidates gained loose or reduced-price lunches in school and if their families qualify for meals stamps or Medicaid.
But even so the paintings bonuses, Johnston on Monday touted town’s advent of a web page that shall be a one-stop-shop for all summer time programming for younger Denverites. That web page — DenverGov.org/YouthSummer — on Monday featured an interactive map with hyperlinks to methods presented via Denver Public Faculties, Denver Public Libraries, the Boys & Ladies Golf equipment of Metro Denver and different organizations.
That web site additionally contains the registration hyperlink for the YouthWorks initiative.
Johnston’s summer time technique additionally features a $500,000 grant program for group organizations looking for investment for particular occasions — whether or not barbecues or basketball tournaments — that serve younger other folks and households. The Denver Administrative center of Youngsters’s Affairs shall be administering the ones grants.
Melissa Janiszewski, the deputy director of that place of business, mentioned that with a view to obtain the $1,000 bills, younger other folks should be prequalified in accordance with their circle of relatives’s revenue. She described the bills as a “retention bonus.”
Packages are open via June 30. Required hours should be labored earlier than Aug. 30.
The town is internet hosting two formative years process festivals: a digital match on Friday between 4 and six p.m., adopted through an in-person match from 10 a.m. to one p.m. on June 1 on the PPA Tournament Middle, 2105 Decatur St.
Employers that need to take part within the YouthWorks initiative will have to touch town by the use of e-mail at body of workers@denvergov.org.
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