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Budget information

FUNDING SOURCE: 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

FACTS & ISSUES

• ARRA funding allowed the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission's Workforce Development Division to provide summer work experiences in 2009 for approximately 800 youth, a 400% increase over 2008.
• The WIA Summer Youth Work Experience Program serves youth residing in the 12-county Northeast Georgia region ages 14-24 that meet program eligibility guidelines.
• In Athens-Clarke County, ARRA funded work for 163 youth, while WIA funded work for 25 youth during summer 2009.
• Athens-Clarke youth worked 35 hours per week for six weeks earning $6.55 per hour in summer 2009.
• Athens-Clarke youth earned $247,032 during summer 2009 with 87% derived from ARRA funding providing an economic impact on our local community. This economic impact has echoed across Northeast Georgia with a total of approximately $1,044,630 of ARRA funding earned by youth in our region.
• Please visit NEGRC Workforce Development Division at www.negrc.org and click on Workforce Dev for more information.
• Following is a list of locations who placed youth (bold indicates a Unified Government department, division, or facility) during summer 2009:
  • ACC Board of Elections
  • ACC Mayor's Office
  • ACC Clerk of Superior Courts
  • ACC Court - Treatment & Accountability
  • ACC Economic Justice Coalition
  • ACC Human and Economic Development
  • ACC Leisure Services
    • Bishop Park
    • Leisure Service Facilities
    • Southeast Clark Park
    • East Athens Community Park
    • East Athens Community Center
    • Thomas Lay Park
    • Lyndon House
    • Memorial Park - Athens Creative Theatre
    • Memorial Park
    • Morton Theater
      
  • ACC Police Department
    
  • ACC Sheriff's Department
    
  • Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
    
  • Athens Housing Authority - Lunch Program
    
  • Athens Neighborhood Health Center
    
  • Athens Technical College
    
  • Athens Transit
    
  • Boys and Girls Club of Athens
    
  • Broadacres Daycare
    
  • Clarke Central High School
    
  • Cooperative Extension - UGA - State 4-H Office
    
  • Family Connection - Communities In Schools
    
  • Early Headstart and Early Reading First Program
    
    • HT Edwards
    • Chase Elementary
    • Gaines School Elementary
    • Little Ones East
    • Little Ones West
      
  • First A.M.E. Church Community Day Camp
    
  • A Friend of the Family Home Services, Inc.
    
  • Garnett Ridge Boys and Girls Club
    
  • Georgia Department of Labor
    
  • Heaven Bound Ministries
    
  • Institute for Community & Organizational Dev., Inc. / I.C.O.D.
    
  • Jack R. Wells Boys and Girls Club
    
  • Project READY
    
  • Stonehenge
    
  • Project Safe 
    
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Church                                 
    
  • The State Botanical Gardens
    
  • The Classic Center
    
  • UGA Physical Plant Administration
    
  • YMCA
    
  • YWCO (Girls Camp)