{"id":860655,"date":"2026-09-25T22:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860655\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T22:10:11","slug":"hochul-announces-42-million-for-youth-employment-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860655\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul announces $42 million for youth employment program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BINGHAMTON, N.Y. &#8212; Gov. Kathy Hochul announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2026\/09\/23\/southern-tier-secures-over-21-million-fund-youth-jobs-job-training\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2026\/09\/23\/southern-tier-secures-over-21-million-fund-youth-jobs-job-training\/\">$42 million for the Youth Employment Program<\/a> Wednesday, connecting youth to jobs and supporting New York\u2019s efforts to reduce gun violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The funding includes $2.2 million for the Southern Tier region.<\/p>\n<p>Program part of gun violence initiative<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The funding will provide job opportunities and training to at-risk youth in communities across the state. The program is part of New York state\u2019s Gun Involved Violence Elimination initiative, or GIVE, which operates in 21 counties outside New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI was super excited because I know the difference it makes,\u201d said Christopher Sponn, executive director of Tompkins County Workforce Development.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Tier counties to receive funding<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Southern Tier\u2019s $2.2 million includes close to $1.4 million for Broome County, almost $500,000 for Chemung County and $360,000 for Tompkins County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think it\u2019s great that the state is investing in the Southern Tier in this program, because we want youth to stay in the Southern Tier,\u201d Sponn said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want them to leave; this program gives them that opportunity to stay here, get that job experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The funding supports local efforts to provide year-round job opportunities and training for more than 2,500 low-income and at-risk youth across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Funds allocated by risk level<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sponn said the funds are allocated based on different workforce development board areas and the level of risk of gun violence in those areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey need positive pathways and options to move up in life. And this program offers that. So, I\u2019m very happy to hear that the community is investing in this,\u201d Sponn said. \u201cI would just encourage any youth to reach out to their local career centers to learn more about the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The program provides financial literacy workshops, local credit union workshops and mental health services for ages 14 to 20. It started this September and ends in June 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BINGHAMTON, N.Y. &#8212; Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $42 million for the Youth Employment Program Wednesday, connecting youth to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134],"class_list":["post-860655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-business","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}