ADMINISTRATION GIVES DETAILS ON JOB PROGRAM

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 16, 1993                   TAG: 9303160125
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
ADMINISTRATION GIVES DETAILS ON JOB PROGRAM
The Clinton administration unveiled details of its summer jobs program for disadvantaged youth on Monday and challenged businesses to match the 1.3 million jobs the government expects to provide.
The jobs include clerical work in city offices, maintenance work for public properties, recreational work at parks, nursing assistance in hospitals and supervising and tutoring children at day care facilities.
The administration has asked Congress for $1 billion in addition to the $900 million available for the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program. More than half the additional money will be targeted to the 100 cities with the greatest number of eligible youth.
The administration proposes using $300 million of the new money for the equivalent of two weeks of academic enrichment during the eight-to-10-week program, either in the classroom or on the job.
Labor Secretary Robert Reich said this would help avoid a typical problem: youths' falling a third of a grade level behind during the summer break.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB