Archive for September 2017
Increasing Access to WIOA Services for DACA Recipients
On September 5, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced an eventual end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections for individuals who arrived in the United States as children, also known as “Dreamers.” These individuals may be undocumented; may have been granted work permits under DACA; or may be part of mixed-status families containing…
Read MoreWhat It Takes for In-School Youth to Succeed in Financial Services Placements
“We’re happy to teach student interns the skills they need, but the learning curve is too steep. We need them to be ramped up by the time they get to us.” This quote, taken from a meeting earlier this week with the high school internship coordinator at a large financial services company, has become a…
Read MorePeckham Inc.’s Costa Rica Trip Changes Lives
Peckham Youth Services launched a partnership with Michigan State University Residential College of Arts and Humanities (MSU RCAH) in the fall of 2016 to develop a travel abroad opportunity for at-risk youth. Peckham and RCAH have a long history of developing innovative projects for at-risk youth such as Project RestART (a community art project)…
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