| Archived Press Releases (2000-2002) | |
| Westside
YO! Center Re-opens its Doors and Arms to Youth November 4, 2002 |
Youth
Opportunity (YO!) Movement Celebrates with Performance and Awards October 7, 2002 |
| Baltimore,
Maryland – On Saturday, November 16, 2002, the Baltimore Youth
Opportunity (YO!) Movement will host the anxiously anticipated re-opening
of its Westside Youth Opportunity Community Center located at 1510
W. Lafayette Avenue, in the heart of Baltimore’s Westside Empowerment
Zone. (Full Story) |
Baltimore,
MD – On Friday, October 11, 2002, in celebration of two years
of achievements, the Baltimore Youth Opportunity (YO!) Movement will
recognize supporters and present a performance of an original work,
“Life Struggles… An Elevation of Love.” Written
by the program’s arts interns, the composition reflects the
challenges Baltimore’s youth face on a daily basis... (Full Story) |
| Baltimore
to Host One-Stop/Faith-Based Symposium September 16, 2002 |
Baltimore
Chosen to Participate in National League of Cities’ Transitional
Jobs Initiative September 12, 2002 |
Baltimore,
MD – On Thursday, September 19, 2002, Mayor Martin O’Malley
will welcome over 200 faith leaders, workforce development partners,
and local, state and federal legislators and government officials
to “Building Faith-Based Partnerships,” a symposium
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau,
in partnership with the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board, Mayor’s
Office of Employment Development (MOED)... |
Baltimore,
MD – Based on Mayor Martin O’Malley’s commitment
to crime prevention and public safety, and a willingness to embrace
a new approach to employing ex-offenders, Baltimore has been selected
by the National League of Cities (NLC) to participate in a national
program to promote transitional jobs programs for individuals with
barriers to work. Leading this effort is a coalition of workforce
development experts, foundations, government agencies and business
partners... (Full Story) |
| Mayor's
Office of Employment Development Celebrates Largest Summer Jobs Program
to Date September 6, 2002 |
YO!
Baltimore Hosts Youth Conference August 2, 2002 |
YouthWorks
applauds its corporate and community-based partners for endorsing
the YouthWorks 2002 summer jobs program. This year’s program
has been the most successful to date by providing employment opportunities
to 5,500 Baltimore City youth. |
Baltimore,
MD – Baltimore City’s Youth Opportunity Program is sponsoring
the YO! Baltimore Youth Leadership Conference on Thursday, August
8, 2002 on the Liberty Campus of the Baltimore City Community College
(BCCC). Supporting the major theme of the Baltimore Believe campaign
to save the children of Baltimore and rebuild the future of the city,
this youth ... (Full Story) |
| YO!
Baltimore Opens a New Center at McKim July 24, 2002 |
YouthWorks
2002 Ravens Stadium Job Fair May 6, 2002 |
| Baltimore,
MD -- The Baltimore Youth Opportunity (YO!) Movement proudly announces
the grand opening of YO! at the McKim Center, 7 South High Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 11:30 a.m. The
center is located in Baltimore’s East Harbor Empowerment Zone
Village and welcomes the public to its grand opening celebration. (Full Story) |
Baltimore,
MD -- On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., 515 of
Baltimore's brightest and most ambitious young people will participate
in Baltimore's YouthWorks 2002 - Baltimore City Youth Career Fair
at Ravens Stadium. (Full Story) |
| Mayor's
Office of Employment Development Partners with Save-A-Lot Grocery
Store Chain to Employ Baltimore City Citizens February 14, 2002 |
Congressman
Ben Cardin Tours Baltimore's YO! Center February 7, 2002 |
| Baltimore,
MD- The Mayor's Office of Employment Development's (MOED) Employ Baltimore
division is collaborating with the national grocery store chain, Save-A-Lot,
to train employees at new stores opening up across Baltimore City.
Over 200 employees will be needed to operate the eight to nine new
Save-A-Lot locations scheduled to open in Baltimore City in 2002.
The first store's grand opening will be at 9:00 a.m. on February 14,
2002 at the Govan's location at 5315 York Road. (Full Story) |
The
Baltimore Youth Opportunity (YO!) Center located at 1212 N. Wolfe
Street has been open for one year and is part of Baltimore's YO! Network
that serves almost 2,000 Empowerment Zone residents, ages 16 to 21.
Possible cuts to the U.S. Department of Labor's budget put the continuing
support of these centers at-risk. Congressman Cardin will tour the
YO! Center, meet some of the youth being served, and see first hand
how this grant is providing vital support to the community's young
people. (Full Story) |
| Low
Wage Earning Parents Assisted by $575,000 Grant Awarded to Baltimore
Workforce Investment Board & Mayor's Office of Employment Development December 13, 2001 |
Baltimore
Youth Opportunity Movement Basketball Tournament November 23, 2001 |
| Baltimore,
MD-The Baltimore Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) in conjunction
with the Mayor's Office of Employment Development (MOED) was awarded
$575,000 from the Governor's Workforce Investment Board to fund pilot
programs for skills upgrade training and services for 135 employed
or recently employed parents. (Full Story) |
Saturday,
November 24th from 12:00 noon on the Baltimore Youth Opportunity (YO!)
Movement will be hosting its first Basketball Tournament at Lake Clifton
at 2801 St. Lo Drive. Teams from Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington,
D.C. will be competing with our East and West Side YO! Baltimore Teams.
(Full Story) |
| Mayor
Closes Largest Summer Jobs Program to Date: Recognizes Major Federal
Grant & Program Sponsors August 29, 2001 |
YouthWorks
Summer Jobs Come to a Close With Celebrations |
| In
the largest summer initiative to date, MOED in conjunction with its
private and corporate partners, placed 5,000 Baltimore city youth
in summer jobs. Contributing to the success of this summer YouthWorks
2001 was a $949,525 Rewarding Youth Achievement grant awarded to the
City from the U.S. Department of Labor. (Full Story) |
Participants
of the Mayor's Office of Employment Development's (MOED) YouthWorks
summer job program will be honored at three events across the City.
In the largest summer initiative to date, MOED in conjunction with
its private and corporate partners, placed 5,000 youth in summer jobs. (Full Story) |
| Leadership
Conference Helps Youth "Make It" July 26, 2001 |
National
Conference On Technology & Workforce Development to be Held at
Baltimore's Convention Center July 13, 2001 |
| Three
hundred Baltimore youth participating in the Youth Opportunity (YO!)
Movement will be attending a day-long conference featuring self-empowerment
and culminating with the creation of personal plans for success. (Full Story) |
Baltimore-Mayor
Martin O'Malley will be among the distinguished speakers at the opening
plenary session of the fifth annual Joint Employment and Training
Technology Conference (Jett-Con 2001). The opening plenary features
federal, state and local perspectives on e-Government, demonstrating
how information technology will provide enhanced communication and
services for citizens. (Full Story) |
| Outstanding
Performance by Mayor's Office of Employment Development Yields Financial
Incentive Award from the Department of Labor May 18, 2001 |
East
Baltimore Youth to Obtain New Skills, Education and Career Development
at a New Youth Opportunity (YO!) Community Satellite April 24, 2001 |
| The
Maryland State Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation's (DLLR),
Office of Employment and Training has awarded Baltimore City's Mayor's
Office of Employment Development (MOED) with the State's largest incentive
award for outstanding performance under the Job Training Partnership
Act for the period of July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000. (Full Story) |
Open
House for the East Baltimore Community Corporation Youth Opportunity
Community Satellite. The afternoon celebration will showcase resources
recently put in place to support at-risk, Empowerment Zone youth succeed
despite the odds. (Full Story) |
| The
U.S. Department of Labor Selects Baltimore City to "Showcase"
its Model Youth System. April 4, 2001 |
Workmatters
Project Hosts Breakfast Conference for Fathers March 15, 2001 |
| "Peer
to Peer" Baltimore Youth Opportunity System Forum. The U.S. Department
of Labor selected Baltimore City to host a youth forum to showcase
the City's accomplishments in serving youth. (Full Story) |
The
purpose of the Fathers Seeking Change Breakfast is to help area fathers
use the services of the WorkMatters Project and Baltimore's Career
Center Network to improve their employability skills and find better
jobs. (Full Story) |
| FUTURES
" Shining Star Event" Recognizing Student Achievement February 13, 2001 |
City
Wide Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Industry Advisory Board
Technology 2000 Exposition February 7, 2001 |
| The
FUTURES Program is hosting its annual " Shining Star Event." The event
recognizes the achievements of student participants. Each of the students
honored has exemplified outstanding student success in the FUTURES
Program. (Full Story) |
The
Career Connections Manufacturing Engineering and Technology City Wide
Advisory Board, Chaired by Leon Gibson of Black and Decker, is sponsoring
its annual " Technology 2000" Exposition on February 14,
2001 at 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. (Full Story) |
| Workmatters
Project Hosts Breakfast Conference for Fathers January 25, 2001 |
Sixty
"Youth Practitioners" to be Hired at August 11th
Job Fair August 9, 2000 |
| The
purpose of the Fathers Seeking Change Breakfast is to help area fathers
use the services of the WorkMatters Project and Baltimore's Career
Center Network to improve their employability skills and find better
jobs. (Full Story) |
Youth
Opportunity Job Fair Positions include youth recruiters, job coaches, employment advocates, senior employment advocates, account executive/job developers, literacy instructors and receptionists. (Full Story) |
| OED
Awards $8.5 Million in Federal Welfare-to-Work Grants to Eight Local
Partners August 9, 2000 |
Two
Baltimore Youth Programs Win National PEPNet Awards August 9, 2000 |
| BALTIMORE
– Baltimore City’s Office of Employment Development (OED)
has awarded eight (8) new welfare-to-work contracts to help residents,
who have serious barriers to employment, find work and develop careers. (Full Story) |
BALTIMORE
– Two of Baltimore’s youth development programs have just
been selected by the Department of Labor and the National Youth Employment
Coalition (NYEC) to receive PEPNet Awards (Promising and Effective
Practices Network) this year. (Full Story) |
| Global
Tech Bilingual Institute to Hold Graduation Exercises August 4, 2000 |
Verizon
Foundation Presents Mayor O’Malley $35,000 Donation for YouthWorks
2000 Program August 3, 2000 |
| BALTIMORE,
MD – Graduation ceremonies for 36 graduates of the Global
Tech Bilingual Institute will be held tonight – Friday,
August 4, 2000 at 5:30 p.m. at The Latin Palace (509 South Broadway
Street). (Full Story) |
BALTIMORE
(August 3, 2000) - Mayor Martin O’Malley was joined today by
Bill Roberts, the new president of Verizon Communications (formerly
Bell Atlantic – Maryland) to announce the telecommunication giant’s
support for Baltimore’s YouthWorks 2000 summer jobs campaign. (Full Story) |
| Local
Dale Carnegie Program Teaches Baltimore
Students Fearless Public Speaking June 1, 2000 |
Councilwoman
Catherine Pugh and Council
President Sheila Dixon to announce Radio-thon to fund summer jobs
program for youth May 22, 2000 |
| BALTIMORE
– On Saturday, June 3 at 11:30 a.m., Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-7th)
will help 40 Baltimore teens celebrate their "graduation"
from a leadership program sponsored by R.L Cook & Associates
and the Baltimore City Career Connections Partnership. (Full Story) |
BALTIMORE
– Today Councilwoman Catherine Pugh (4th District)
and City Council President Sheila Dixon will announce a fundraiser/Radio-thon
supporting YouthWorks 2000, Baltimore'’ summer jobs program for
the city'’ young people. The radio-thon is necessary... (Full Story) |
| Dropout
Prevention Program Honors Baltimore’s Bright Stars May 16, 2000 |
May
11th Summer Jobs Fair to Match Employers and Students May 9, 2000 |
| By
any standards Travis Ezi is a young man Baltimoreans can be proud
of. He is an impressive scholar and an excellent athlete. This Southwestern
High School senior is also a "hot prospect" for two major
league baseball teams. He is in the top 5% of his graduating... (Full Story) |
Mayor
Martin O’Malley will host some of the area’s largest
employers this Thursday at Baltimore’s first ever Summer Jobs
Fair for Youth. 28 businesses will interview and hire over 300 pre-registered
young people... (Full Story) |
| Baltimore
Wins $500,000 Grant to Help Job Seekers Get Training April 4, 2000 |
Mayor
O'Malley to Announce Millions in Youth Grants February 21, 2000 |
| BALTIMORE (April 4, 2000) Baltimore workers who seek job training will have a greater range of choices with better information about organizations that provide training, thanks to a new $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.(Full Story) | Mayor
Martin O'Malley announced in West Baltimore today the awarding of
a major federal grant to the City. At an 11 a.m. press conference
at the West EZ Youth Opportunity Community Center ... (Full Story) |
