Daily News | City councilmember calls for hearings on Philadelphia Youth Network after summer of complaints of teens not getting paid
under the Work Ready program.
“When we get young people who want to make the right decision, want to make a quality decision, or put them in a position to occupy their time in a positive way and put themselves in a position where they can advance their professional career,” Thomas said Wednesday, “the last thing we need is hurdles being put in the way that prevents them from being able to do that.”
PYN’s Work Ready program has been at the center of complaints this summer from providers, parents, and teen workers. Rebecca Fabiano, executive director of Fab Youth Philly, one of 80 organizations throughout Philadelphia that Work Ready steers kids to, said then: “I don’t know any adults who would come back to work after not getting paid their first two weeks on the job. … This is their very first job experience for most young people. And we are inadvertently teaching them that we don’t care about them.”» READ MORE:For fiscal year 2023, the city Office of Children and Families gave PYN approximately $7.
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