Idle Hands Program
A Positive Step of Monroe County, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the County’s highest risk kids and their families since 1999, has announced that its Idle Hands Summer Youth Employment Program, which has partnered with the City of Key West since 2010 to provide paid student summer employment for Key West High School students, is to kick off on Tuesday, May 4, with the distribution of employment application packets at Key West High School.
Packets will be distributed in the High School Plaza during the school lunch hour on Tuesday and APSMC representatives will continue to distribute packets from the same location two to three days a week through May. APSMC representatives will also inform students where and how to submit their completed applications.
Twenty-five to thirty students will be accepted into the program and will participate in a two-week job readiness orientation program held at the High School which will begin on June 21 and take place Monday through Friday from 10:00am-2:00pm. Lunch will be provided in the school cafeteria. Each student that attends every day of the first week of orientation will receive a $50 stipend. Those who attend every day of the second week will receive a $75 stipend. The paying summer jobs with the City of Key West will begin on July 6.
Possible job positions include City administrative assistant, community service, fleet maintenance, and media department positions, among others. Funded by the City of Key West, a generous local patron, and APSMC fundraising efforts, the program is open to KWHS students aged 16-18, with the exception of those graduating (or going to summer school in order to graduate) in 2021. Bus passes will be provided for students attending the two-week orientation. Students must provide their own transportation to work.
For more information about the Idle Hands Summer Youth Employment Program and other A Positive Step of Monroe County programs visit APSMC.org or contact APSMC founder/executive director Billy Davis at 305-304-1969.
