Money from Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino has helped 300 residents find jobs through an employment center in South Baltimore, the mayor’s office said Monday.
Since opening a year ago, the Employment Connection Center has enrolled more 1,200 local residents in job readiness programs and placed 300 in jobs with area businesses. The center’s $520,000 budget is funded by the casino’s local impact grants.
The center’s goal is to match residents of south and southwest Baltimore — including the neighborhoods of Pigtown, Cherry Hill and Westport — with local employers. It has a full-time staff of five and is one of four satellite employment career centers in Baltimore operated by the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development.
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