COUNTY JFS SUMMER JOBS BRING EMPLOYMENT TO OVER ONE HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE

The Licking County Department of Job and Family Services provided funding, through the TANF Program, for summer jobs for some 120-area young people. The program teaches the value of work and provides a multitude of community services. Host employers this summer included The Golfworks, Carol Strawn Center, Garden Patch Produce, Lazy R Campground, Newark City Schools, C-TEC, Kairos Academy, Salvation Army, COTC, MHA-PAVE Program and Almost Home Daycare. This positive program also injected $329-thousand into the local economy through the payrolls generated.