10,000 grant presented to Camden employment program

Camden Corps Plus, a program designed to offer training and employment opportunities to youth in Camden City, received $10,000 in funding from Freeholder Jonathan Young and PSE&G.Camden Corps Plus, a program designed to offer training and employment opportunities to youth in Camden City, received $10,000 in funding from Freeholder Jonathan Young and PSE&G.

The Camden Corps Plus is a 12 month program split into three components: education and work preparation, work sampling, and internships.

The program was established June 2016 with a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. It focuses on roughly 113 city youths between the ages of 16 and 24 and places them in employment opportunities.