This week on Houston Newsmakers: The City of Houston's 'Hire Houston Youth' program looking to hire 20,000 youth ages 16-24 this summer. Also: The Center of Pursuit helps enhance the lives of the disabled. Tune in at 10 a.m. on KPRC 2 and KPRC 2+
We also speak with the CEO of The Center for Pursuit who prepares individuals who are intellectually challenged for the life road ahead.Velma Laws, Asst Chief Policy Officer/Special Projects Coordinator, City of Houston, Carisia Banda, Dir of Special Projects, Council Member Karla Cisneros
“We expanded the initiative to include the private and nonprofit sectors and that’s how ‘Hire Houston Youth’ was born,” said Velma Laws, the Assistant Chief Policy Officer and Special Projects Coordinator for the city.“They can register, create a profile, and then they’re able to go to the job board and search for different types of jobs and there are thousands, literally thousands of jobs there with all kinds of employers,” she said.
For more than 70 years, The Center for Pursuit has been almost quietly enhancing the lives of the disabled.
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