New Career Link Program To Support Select BCPS Students

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Students age 14 and older from low-income families can enroll in Baltimore County Public Schools' new Career Link program. Participants will receive individualized career readiness support aligned with their interests, needs and goals, and will participate in workshops related to financial planning, career readiness and leadership development.

The program is supported by funding from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and offered by the Baltimore County Public Schools’ Office of Career and Technical Education and Baltimore County Department of Economic and Workforce Development.

“We are so pleased to work in partnership with Baltimore County government to offer this opportunity to our students,” BCPS Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams said. “Choosing a career path is an overwhelming decision for most people. Through this program, we want to provide additional supports to those students who might benefit most from them.”

To participate in the program, youth must be between the ages of 14 and 21 at the time of enrollment; U.S. citizens or non-citizens authorized to work in the U.S.; registered for Military Selective Service, if applicable; be attending school; meet income limits; and have at least one of the following characteristics: basic skills deficient; English language learner; have a criminal or juvenile record; be homeless or a runaway; be in or have aged out of the foster care system; be pregnant or parenting; or have a disability.

To learn more about the program, families are encouraged to participate in one of two student/guardian informational sessions. The sessions will be held:

• Sept. 15 from 5 – 6:30 p.m.
• Sept. 22 from 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Registration for the student/guardian information sessions is online only. After registering, families will receive the Google Meet code to attend the online session.

Registration for the Career Link program will be in-person only:

• Sept. 18 from noon – 2:30 p.m. at Patapsco High School, 8100 Wise Ave., 21222

or

• Sept. 25 from noon – 2:30 p.m. at Woodlawn High School, 1801 Woodlawn Dr., 21207