City Student TECH CORPS is looking for a few good students!

Do you like computers? Are you 14 – 18 years old? Do you live in Franklin County? If you answered “Yes” City Student TECH CORPS is looking for you!!!!

City Student TECH CORPS®, a collaborative project with the City of Columbus Mayor’s Office of Education and TECH CORPS Ohio, provides 100 Franklin County students with 32-weeks of basic technology and soft skills training.

Students who successfully complete the program receive $250 and receive a 10-week summer job (30 hours a week at $7.00/hour) where they can apply the skills they have acquired.

So how do you join City Student TECH CORPS?

Open Registration will be held ONE DAY ONLY!!!! 100 Youth will be registered on a FIRST COME, FIRST REGISTERED BASIS

Wednesday, September 12th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 639 East Long Street

Registration Details:
- Students must be TANF eligible and you must bring proof to register (Copy of Free and/or Reduced Lunch eligibility letter, Ohio Works First Proof of Income (from case manager), proof of income from past 30 days).

- Students and Parents must have Social Security Numbers and you must bring them to register!

- Students must be accompanied by their parent or guardian to register. Parent’s/Guardian’s signature is required.

- Things to bring: student and parent’s social security numbers and proof of TANF eligibility!!!

Program Details:
- Classes start the week of October 1, 2007 and run through June 12, 2008.
- Students attend class just ONE NIGHT per week from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, Monday – Thursday.
- Students will be assigned class night during registration.
- Classes will be held at St. Paul A.M.E. Health and Wellness Center, 639 E. Long Street.
- Students will use the Student TECH CORPS® online training and cover hardware repair, operating systems, software applications, networking, computer peripherals and job-readiness skills (http://www.studenttechcorps.org/).
- Students, who successfully complete the program, by attending at least 90% of the classes and scoring at least 80% of two certification tests, will receive $250.00 completion bonus and a summer job.
- For more information call the City Student TECH CORPS Hotline at 614-645-6593.

Funding for City Student TECH CORPS is from Franklin County Board of Commissioners and administered by the FCDJFS