Since 1982, the City of Columbia's Career Awareness Related Experience (C.A.R.E) program has served Columbia’s youth age 14-18 in many important ways. C.A.R.E provides program participants with summer employment opportunities to help them become self-disciplined, productive, and skilled as well as educational opportunities to provide them with practice applying basic skills to real world problems. During the summer, C.A.R.E trainees will work 20 hours a week for 8 weeks on the job with a local private or public sector employer and attend up to 25 hours in an educational setting problem-solving. Trainees are paid $6.50 per hour for attending work/class up to 205 hours.
January 7, 2008: C.A.R.E. applications will be available at local schools and the C.A.R.E Office
January 18, 2008: C.A.R.E interviews begin (all at C.A.R.E. Office on Saturdays)
March 21, 2008: Last day to turn in a C.A.R.E application
March 29 , 2008: Last day of C.A.R.E interviews
April 16, 2008: C.A.R.E Trainee participants selected and notified
June 9, 2008: First day of work for youth
August 1, 2008: Last day of work for youth
C.A.R.E application.
Note: In addition to working 20 hours per week, C.A.R.E trainees may attend one, three-hour class per week. The following list details our new classes. Trainees select the class that most interest them. Participants are paid for the hours they attend at the rate of $6.50 per hour.
Open to both males and females interested in fashion design, predicting fashion trends, creating marketing materials, and learning the fine art of sales. Youth will create their own fashion designs, talk to guest speakers from the retail community, create advertising designs for marketing retail products, and learn a little business math.
Today's young women are bombarded with media messages that suggest relationships take priority over good mental and physical health. Young women in this class will discuss current issues that present stressors in their every day lives. Discussions will center on figuring out ways to stay focused on what a young woman needs to do in order to prepare for a successful future beyond high school.
No stress math practice. The goal of this class is to offer students who want to improve their math skills, the chance to do so. Students will get assistance with math fundamentals like multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percents, and understanding those word problems. They will have the chance to work one-on-one with experienced instructors as well as computer tutorials.
Students in this class will gain knowledge of educational opportunities after they graduate from high school. Discussions and field trips will allow participants to get a better idea of trade/technical, college, or a university experience is right for them. Financial aid options will be reviewed and tours of local campuses will enhance students' sense of what is possible!
The C.A.R.E. Program is funded by the City of Columbia and administered through the Parks & Recreation Department. The Program is scheduled to serve 140 at-risk, disadvantaged participants.
Local employers provide about 200 jobs for C.A.R.E. youth in a variety of different professions such as office/clerical, retail, salons, theater, art, auto detailing, indoor labor, food/desserts, healthcare, daycares/schools/adultcare, and outdoor labor/recreation.
Employers provide meaningful work experiences for Columbia's C.A.R.E. participants. Trainees work 20 hours per week and earn $6.50 per hour during the eight-week program. Wages are paid by the City of Columbia.
Providing opportunities to work and learn is one important way Columbia helps young people make informed, healthy life choices. The C.A.R.E. Staff and Parks & Recreation Department are grateful to all CARE employers for the giving of their time, knowledge and experience.
If you are an employer interested in participating in the C.A.R.E. program, contac the CARE Office at 573-874-6300.
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