Innovative Youth Program Grant Awards 2004

1. "Beneficial Revitalization of Environmental Assets for Tourism and Hospitality" (B.R.E.A.T.H.)

   Region IV (Mid-Ohio Valley Workforce Investment Board ($80,000) - The project will serve 50 WIA eligible youth (25 from both Ritchie and Clay counties) in a pilot program that encourages youth to consider careers that support the Mid-Ohio Valley's efforts to become a tourism destination. Through the collaboration and partnership of ten local and state agencies, this program will provide area youth with educational experiences, on-the-job training, transportation, stipends and post-secondary scholarships that support their continued interest in the tourism industry.

2. Youth & Growth Industries Awareness

   Region VII Workforce Investment Board ($70,000) - This grant will be used to introduce and train youth in growth industries that are located in the eastern panhandle region. Region VII will be able to offer a more comprehensive summer youth program, increase youth's knowledge of targeted demand occupations in the region, provide increased work readiness training and linking older youth with on-the-job training in five of West Virginia's targeted industries:

   • Business Services, Destination Tourism, Metal Working and Machinery,
   • Value-Added Wood Products, and Warehousing and Distribution.

    

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