An array of jobs — from summer employment to full-time jobs to part-time hours during the school year — will be available at a special job fair today.

IF YOU GO

• What: Youth Employment Fair 2001.     • When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.     • Where: Taft High School, 420 Ezzard Charles Drive, West End.     • Who: Anyone aged 14-25.     • What to bring: Picture identification, birth certificate and Social Security card. Parents must accompany children 17 years and younger. Dress appropriately.     • More information: Call 513-475-4084 or www.cycyouth.org.

        Businesses from across the Tristate will attend the Youth Employment Fair at Taft High School, as part of the Summer Youth Employment Initiative, where thousands of entry-level, training and apprentice programs will be available for anyone aged 14-25.

        The Summer Youth Employment Initiative, a plan by Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken in response to last month's riots, has drawn nearly $2 million and more than 3,000 jobs, said Oscar L. Britton, executive director of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative.

        “The phone calls are coming in by the minute,” Mr. Britton said Friday morning.

        There are 35 categories of employment available. Some are summer and career banking opportunities, maintenance jobs with Cincinnati Public Schools, careers in journalism and film making and seasonal employment with Paramount's Kings Island.

        The goal of the jobs program, Mr. Britton said, is to give low-income youths the chance to link skills to employers.

        But more important, he said, it is to make sure that young people graduate from high school and that they have the choice to go on to college. Students will have the opportunity to work for a corporation that gives the benefit of a continuing education. Mr. Britton said the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative will conduct ongoing studies of each young person who takes a job, tracking school attendance and performance.

Youth Employment Fair
       

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