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Newport News Now is a daily e-newsletter that launched in March 2016. Articles that ran in our newsletter between March 2016 and March 2018 are available on these pages. Newsletters produced beginning in April 2018 can be viewed on our new daily newsletter page.

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Jul 11

More Than 500 Youth Start Summer Jobs

Posted on July 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM by Communications Department

The city’s Summer Training and Enrichment Program (STEP), a component of the Youth and Gang Reduction Initiative, has officially helped to employ STEP_SC520 youth and young adults ages 16-24 for the summer. 

Participants were divided into two separate groups to complete an orientation that gave them tips on resumes, finances, and how to be a team player. With orientation completed they began work on July 5.

The participants were assigned to one of more than 70 government, non-profit, or private sector worksites located in Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Williamsburg. In addition, STEP was recently featured in the National Gang Center newsletter.