Jobs & Education
Providing opportunities for young people is necessary if we are
to continue moving New Orleans forward. Since 1994, the Mayor's Team has
placed 2,000 students every summer in public, private and non-profit jobs. Mayor's Team
recipients earn $5.50 an hour through a grant administered by the Orleans Parish
Private Industry Council. Some participating employers can qualify for the Work
Opportunity Tax Credit.
The enormous success of the Mayor's Team summer
jobs initiative can be tracked to the local business, public and non-profit community.
These entities answered the city's request for additional resources to hire young people
for summer work in local offices and community-based organizations. The New Orleans
partnership program offered business tax credits for participating in urban youth
initiatives. This program was copied and was offered to a national audience through the U.S.
Conference of Mayors. Subsequently, the Mayor's Team became the model for the
Work Opportunity Tax Credit, which was signed into law in 1997 by President Bill Clinton.
Since 1994, the administration has been a
partner in several projects that provide investment in the public school infrastructure
and promote education programs to prepare our city's youth for the future. The
administration also played an instrumental role in the creation of the Greater New
Orleans Education Foundation. Some of the public school partnership projects that
we initiated were: City-Schools 1995 Bond Issue, Safe
Harbor - Safe Haven Initiative and the New Orleans Back to School
Project.
Jobs & Education
Highlights:
- Mayor's Team
- Safe Harbor - Safe Haven Initiative
- New Orleans Back to School Project
- New Orleans Youth Congress
- Local Americorps & Youth Action Corps Programs
- Youth Service Day
- America Reads
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