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The article focuses on the decline in employment rates among teenagers in the U.S. It mentions the report by Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts which found out that annual teenage employment rate have dropped to 27% in 2010 from 46% in 2000. It adds that summer work opportunities for minority, low-income youth who is in need of work experience are reduced by the decline in teenage employment.

The article offers information on Summer Jobs+, an initiative of the White House implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor which helps cities and towns to become part of the solution to put young people to work by choosing one of the three pathways to employment for low-income youth.

The article discusses the decline in the summer youth employment rate in the U.S. It says that the survey of the Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) for the Mott Foundation shows that 29% of teenagers were working in June 2010, compared to the nearly 40% in 2007 and more than 51% in 2000. It mentions that the long term effects of lower employment rates for 16 to 19-year olds will lead to decreased employability and lower salaries when during adulthood.

Information about a meeting sponsored by the White House and attended by state and government organization representatives is presented. The meeting aims to solicit opinions about changes that should be made to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). These include flexibility to determine services to be provided and establishment of a permanent summer jobs program. Also discussed are the seven requests made by National League of Cities (NLC) to the administration as it considers changes to the WIA.

The article discusses the initiatives of U.S. cities to promote youth employment through summer jobs programs. It provides a sampling of programs that cities continuously support despite tight budgets and difficult economic conditions. The article also highlights the benefits of early work experience and the prospects of summer youth employment in 2008.

The article discusses trends in the summer 2007 employment of youth and teenagers in the U.S. A report from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University reveals the employment rate at 35.1 percent. Teenage girls were more likely to work in the summer than teenage boys. Ethnic poor teenage boys experienced the sharpest employment rate decline.

The article reports on the difficulty experienced by teenagers when finding summer jobs. There were only 37.1 percent of teenagers who were able to get summer jobs in 2006, which was not the usual trend in the youth labor if the United States during summer. As a result, the national, state and local governments provided funds for hiring teens in government agencies and non-profit organizations.

Discusses summer job prospects for teenagers in Moraine, Ohio. Overview of Moraine's Summer Youth Corp Jobs Program; Employment rate for teens; Benefits of the jobs program.

Discusses program descriptions that highlights programs which provide summer work for youth in the United States. Program name; Address; Contact information.

Discusses various issues concerning the change in the federal funding of the summer youth employment and training program under the Workforce Investment Act in the United States. Combination of funding for the Job Training Partnership Act year-round youth training and summer youth employment program into a single youth grant; Rules for summer youth employment programs. INSET: Ways to impact implementation of the WIA Youth Program..

Reports on the launching of the mural `People and Places of the World' which was created by students who participated in Denver, Colorado's Arts Street summer employment program.

Advises state and local governments in the United States to submit a five-year strategic plan to the Labor Department by January 1, 2000 in order to avail of youth funding under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Handling of summer employment programs under WIA.

Reports on the findings by the National League of Cities on cities' summer job programs for young people. Graph on the number of summer job applicants who obtain employment; Ages of youth served; Service offered to out-of-school youth; Strategies in determining eligibility of participants.

Focuses on the risk faced by the Summer Youth, the federal program which provides jobs for low-income teenagers, of being eliminated by the United States Congress. Amount of money spent by the program in 1997 to provide summer jobs for thousands of young people; How the decision to eliminate the program came about; Advantages of Summer Youth; Reference to a letter sent by the National League of Cities president, Brian O'Neill to House Appropriations Committee chairman, Bob Livingston.

Reports that the federal government will give the local government money for summer youth jobs. Reason for great concern of funding of summer youth jobs; Information on amount of money that was allotted to the states; Why local governments may not receive 75 percent of their 1995 funding; Why local governments have to implement their summer youth plans earlier; Role of the summer jobs program; Positions which the summer jobs include.

Reports on the Positive Alternatives to Gangs Summer Youth Employment Program of Mesa, Arizona. Teaching the value of self-esteem to low-income at-risk youth; Half-day work at city, Mesa Public Schools or local non-profit agency worksites and attendance of training classes in the afternoon or evening; Payment of $4.25 for each hour of work or training; Gang Prevention Steering Committee as overseer of the program.