MPS Expands Program Connecting Youth to Jobs
$225,000 grant will grow the program to serve 250 students, up from 50 the previous year

LaResha Love, MPS Student and Youth Apprenticeship program participant, working on the new Bucks Arena with YA partner, Mortenson Construction. Photo from MPS.
MILWAUKEE – August 16, 2017: A new grant will empower Milwaukee Public Schools to help more young people develop skills and experience to be successful in the workplace. The grant, from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, will grow the district’s Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program to serve 250 students, up from 50 last school year.
- Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
- Architecture and Construction
- Art, Audio/Visual Technology and Communications
- Finance
- Health Science
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
- Marketing
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