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New program helps at-risk Kansas City youth find jobs and future careers © Working for Youth working for youth program There's a new program in Kansas City designed to help at-risk youth find jobs and future careers. "We're really looking to target youth on Kansas City's east side," said William Dowdell of Hire KC and Working for Youth.Sign up for our Newsletters He said that many times inner-city kids are not given the same opportunities to learn a career due to ZIP code. "We want to send a message to employers that talent lives on our east side," Dowdell said.

Internship program taps into 'innovation and talent' of Kansas City's eastside youth Anna Spoerre, The Kansas City Star Apr. 16—A pilot program aimed at employing up to 500 Kansas City students living east of Troost Avenue — long known as the city's racial dividing line — is set to begin this summer. But the initiative is still in need of volunteers, partners and funding. Working for Youth, a collaboration between Hire KC, Entrepreneurship KC and KC Common Good, aims to bring internship opportunities to a few hundred youth between the ages of 14 and 18, many of whom are ...