Nevada County has been awarded $1.7 Million in CaliforniansForAll Youth Workforce funds. The program will bring together youth to help address urgent challenges in our community around food security, climate, and COVID-19 recovery, while simultaneously helping to create career pathways for youth to learn key skills and earn money. The 2-year program is planned to begin in July of 2022 and supports the Nevada County Board of Supervisors objective on economic development and post-pandemic recovery.
The grant program, administered by California Volunteers, is designed to provide communities with an opportunity to create and/ or expand on existing youth workforce development. This program aims to increase living wage employment opportunities for under resourced youth by creating and increasing career and technical education pathways in growing sectors that address climate impacts, food insecurity and preventing food waste.
The program is made possible by the CaliforniansForAll Youth Workforce Program. This program is a Governor’s initiative administered by CaliforniaVolunteers in partnership with California counties and cities with populations of less than 300,000. Nevada County plans to partner with Connecting Point and Bright Futures for Youth to serve participants.
