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PRESS RELEASES

June 21, 2010
JFY Is Selected as a Charity Partner for the 2010 Windy City Match Race

March 11, 2010
The Sun-Times Jobs For Youth/Chicago Bridge Program Launched

August 31, 2009
Chicago Youth Training and Employment Program One of Four To Speak on Capitol Hill

August 24, 2009
Youth Training and Employment Program Gives Top Job Searching Tips

August 17, 2009
Youth Training and Employment Program Lessens Burden for Chicago Tax-payers

August 4 , 2009
From the Streets to Employment
Youth training and employment saves tax-payers millions

February 25, 2009
PEPNet Accreditation Recognizes High Quality Youth Workforce and Education Organizations

October 27, 2008
Book Drive to Help Students Pass GED Exam
Jobs For Youth/Chicago collects books to encourage teens and young adults to read

August 27, 2008
Month Long Celebration of Best Kept Secret
Daley & Blagojevich Declare September as Jobs For Youth Month

June 17, 2008
V-103 Radio Personality Doug Banks Lends a Hand to Youth
Banks Pledges Support for Chicago's Jobs For Youth

June 2 , 2008
Help Wanted: Jobs For Chicago's Youth
Jobs For Youth/Chicago has opportunities for Chicago teens and young adults

May 1 , 2008
Celebrate Mother’s Day and Support Jobs For Youth

April 8, 2008
Clear Channel Exec Joins Fight to Help Chicago’s Youth Find Job
Angela T. Ingram Joins Jobs For Youth/Chicago Board

January 24, 2008
Chasity Melvin of the Chicago Sky - WNBA
Encourages Jobs For Youth Clients to Reach for the Sky!

November 8, 2007
Jobs For Youth Annual Recognition Luncheon

September 21, 2007
Non-Profit Moves To Serve More of Chicago's Youth Seeking Jobs

October 26, 2005
Apprentice” Bill Rancic Lends Hand to Chicago Youth Seeking Jobs:
“You’re Hired!” Star Donates $7,500 to Nation’s Largest Youth Employment Non- Profit

October 12, 2005
Jobs For Youth Partners with Chicago Businesses
CEO of CareerBuilder.com Matt Ferguson Speaks at the Inaugural Session of Breakfast Leadership Forum Series

July 2005
Staples To Make It Easier For Chicago Youth Seeking Jobs
Office Products Company and Chicago Bear Bobby Wade Provide "Business Beginnings" for Chicagoland Youth

August 2004
Jobs for Youth Hits 1,000!
Non-profit organization gives renewed hope to young people in Chicago

June 2004
HELP WANTED: Ex-offenders need not apply
Jobs for Youth fights for young people, even when the system fails.

February 2003
Chicago's African-American Youth Shut Out by Tight Labor Market

January 2003
Jobs For Youth/Chicago Announces First African American Executive Director


NEWS

"Making a Difference" - Interview with JFY's President & CEO Andrew Abrahams on The Drive 97.1FM - The Mix 101.9FM & Chicago's 100.3FM, April 25, 2010

"Jobs for Youth Program Launches in Chicago" - Lawndale News, March 25, 2010

"Sun-Times teams to help disadvantaged youth" - Chicago Sun-Times, March 11, 2010

"Does Your Business Need a Social Media Makeover?" - Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine, March 2010

JFY on CAN TV27 - CAN TV27, 2009

JFY Board President & Executive Director on The Doug Banks Show - WVAZ (V103), June 19, 2009

Jobs For Youth One of Only Four Youth Employment Programs Nationwide to Receive Full PEPnet Accreditation From the National Youth Employment Coalition - February 25, 2009

"Young voters could rock the polls this year" - AP, October 27, 2008

"Jobs For Youth offers a second chance" - Chicago Defender, October 1, 2008

Jobs For Youth on Chicago Tonight - WTTW 11 Chicago Tonight, October 15, 2008

Executive Director Robert Barnett interview - WLS ABC 7 News This Morning, September 15, 2008

Executive Director Robert Barnett interview - WBBM News Radio 780, September 7, 2008

"Working Towards Work: The Fight for a Better Future" - WBEZ, August 26, 2008

"Fitting Youth into Work Culture" - Streetwise, July 16 - 22, 2008

Executive Director Robert Barnett interview - V-103's The Doug Banks radio show, July 2008

Executive Director Robert Barnett interview - WBBM-FM B-96, June 28, 2008

"Helping Teens Find Jobs For Summer" - Southwest News-Herald - City, June 13, 2008

Public Service Announcement - "9FM - We Play Anything", June-September 2008

"JFY Celebrates Success Stories" - Streetwise, January 10 - 16, 2007

"Job Search" - Private Clubs Magazine, November/December 2006

"JFY helps poor kids find motivation and a job" - Chicago Sun-Times by Ted Pincus July 25, 2006

"Empowering the Unemployed" - Rolling Out newspaper, June 1, 2006

"Oce Business Solutions Partners with Jobs For Youth" - DiversityInc Magazine, May 2006

"Funding cuts jeopardize jobs for at-risk youth" - Streetwise, April 26 - May 2, 2006

"City workforce changes mean big budget cut for group that helps young Black Men" - Chicago Defender, April 6, 2006

"Finding New Life for Old Clothes" - Real Money.

Breakfast Leadership Series Featuring CEO of CareerBuilder.com Matt Ferguson - in "The May Report"

"Chicago Public Schools High School Transformation: Jobs For Youth Focus Group Summary" - Conducted by the Boston Consulting Group

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E-BULLETINS

September 2009

 

For more information, please contact us at:

17 North State Street
Sixth Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60602-2100

Kristin Gudenrath , Public Affairs Director
Phone: (312) 499-4778 ext. 136
Fax: (312) 499-4772
E-mail: kristin@jfychicago.org

Jobs For Youth Fax: (312) 499-4772

 

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