Michigan Works! West Central issued the following announcement on Aug. 10.
"Career pathways offered today prepare students for economic success" .
COVID-19 has devastated the global economy and thrown millions of Americans into unemployment. Young Americans in have disproportionately experienced the economic fallout of the disaster, with one report showing that 52 percent of voters under the age of 45 have lost their job, been placed on leave, or had their hours cut because of the pandemic, versus only 26 percent of those over age 45. Young adults are particularly vulnerable to this economic downturn and others because nearly half of them work in higher risk industries, such as the service sector, which provide relatively low wages and limited benefits.--Read more: https://rti.org/…/hs-student-career-pathways-economic-recov…
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Source: Michigan Works! West Central