"With state and federal funding evaporating, the people at Michigan Works in March expected to place only 80 young people in its Summer Youth Employment Program. Most years they had been able to employ 200 workers. In 2009 they placed more than 800 in jobs with federal stimulus dollars."We had consistent funding for six years," said Candace Elders, director of communications for the local Michigan Works Association branch, the job placement and training program serving Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties.
But with an economy that continues to struggle and dwindling government revenue, that pool had vanished.
That left Michigan Works scrambling to find new funding sources to get area youths out of the house, off the streets and into jobs. They tapped into nine funding sources and succeeded in placing 350 youth with 75 companies and organizations, including the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Berrien County Department of Human Services, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and Harbor Shores."
www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/08/14/local_news/1717016.txt
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