Workforce Development Capacity and Unspent Training Funds
Tompkins County
Summary
The GIVE-funded youth employment program put 70 at-risk youth ages 14-20 to work at $16/hour across 31 local businesses, and a new initiative is in early stages to convince some of the county's 33,000 college students to stay after graduation.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 7, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $400,000 in state GIVE grant funding, with a third year anticipated.
At-risk young people earning paychecks and the local businesses that host them.
Adult job seekers face limited services while staffing shortages stall new training programs.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Housing and Economic Development Committee - Regular Meeting — October 7, 2026
The county's workforce department has been cut by about a third and has only two adult counselors, leaving roughly $708,000 in federal training dollars at risk of underspending and no on-the-job training program running since COVID. Legislators want hard performance data in December before deciding on the department's request to restore an administrative coordinator.
Housing and Economic Development Committee - Regular Meeting — August 5, 2026
The GIVE-funded youth employment program put 70 at-risk youth ages 14-20 to work at $16/hour across 31 local businesses, and a new initiative is in early stages to convince some of the county's 33,000 college students to stay after graduation.
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