By Jimin Kim
Newsday
The nonprofit Youth Enrichment Services has received a $10,000 grant from AT&T for programs designed to build professional skills in children in Islip Town.
The grant will help fund a “workforce development” program to teach “at risk” students how to write resumes and prepare for job interviews and provide other professional training.
“Many of our children come from families who don’t work, whether they’re on disability or on public assistance,” said Carolyn Baéz, 36, director of programs for YES, at the grant ceremony Thursday in the West Islip Community Center. “So these children have never seen the example of what it is to work and it is because of the family challenges.”
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