YOUTH PROGRAMS - Workforce Alliance

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Workforce Alliance serves youth aged 14 to 17 through the Career Center Resource rooms and through partnerships with the Youth Empowerment Centers located in municipalities of Palm Beach County. Further information is available by visiting a Workforce Alliance Career Center and contacting a Youth Career Consultant.

The locations of the Career Centers and the Young Adult Career Consultants at each are:

West Palm Beach	Boynton Beach	Belle Glade
Central Career Center 1951 N. Military Trail, Ste. D West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Ira L. Johnson (561) 340-1060 ext. 2311 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	South Career Center 901 N. Congress Avenue, Ste C-201 Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Nicole Rollins (561) 853-0181, ext. 2015 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	West Career Center 1085 So. Main Street Belle Glade, FL 33430 Charles Duval Tel: 561-829-2040 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Latest Unemployment Data for PB County

The unemployment rate in Palm Beach County was 11.8 percent in June 2010, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to the previous month’s rate of 11.2 percent.

The June 2010 rate is up .8 percentage point compared to the June 2009 rate of 11.0 percent.

The County’s unemployment rate was slightly higher than the state’s rate of 11.6 percent in June and 2.2 percentage points higher than the USA rate of 9.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.

Industry categories, as defined by the State, with job growth in the County during the past 12 months were government (+2,000 jobs), professional and business services (+1,900), and health services and private education (+ 1,200).

The largest decline in jobs was in the construction sector (- 5,200) followed by leisure and hospitality (- 2,200) and financial activities (-1,900 jobs).

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