Department of Economic and Community Development
Allocation: $25,000,000
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Status: Active
Research shows that exposing young people to new experiences and possible careers contributes to improved lifetime earning potential and greater career satisfaction.
Maine’s Career Exploration Program aims to help students and families to connect to Maine’s economy by offering age-appropriate opportunities to explore career paths that are in line with individual areas of interests. With funding from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, this program will offer paid work experience for Maine’s youth ages 16-24. A portion of these funds will support career exploration work offered by Jobs for Maine Graduates at high schools and career and technical education programs, as well as adult education programs.
News & Resources
- 10/21/2022: Governor Mills announces $25 million Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan program to offer paid work experiences to Maine students
- 4/15/22: Maine Department of Education Seeking Proposals for Statewide Expansion of Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) Programming
- 12/12/21: Request for Information on Career Exploration and Meaningful Paid Work Experience Programming for Maine Youth (closed for responses on January 18, 2022)