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Tampa Housing Authority Plans College Tours For YouthBuild Participants
As students plan, pre- pare and transition to col- lege and careers, the Career Pathway Programs help stu- dents gain workforce experi- ence, skills and consider the connection between their career interests and educa- tional plans.
The Tampa Housing Au- thority’s YouthBuild pro- gram was awarded a pass-through grant from the CITI Foundation for the YouthBuild USA High De- mand Career Pathways Ini- tiative. Under the terms of this grant, the Tampa Hous- ing Authority will receive $50,000 in year one and $20,000 in year two.
The first phase of this initiative will include an An- nual YouthBuild College Tour, students will tour col-
JEROME RYANS ...President/CEO
leges from list below:
• Florida International Uni- versity (FIU)
• Florida Memorial Univer- sity (FMU)
• Florida A&M University (FAMU)
• Florida State University (FSU)
• Bethune-Cookman Uni- versity (B-CU)
The students will partic- ipate in workshops and con- versations with the admissions offices as well as other students to learn about different career paths and degrees they may pur- sue.
Prior to attending the College Tour, each partici- pant must complete a Pre- requisite College Interest Survey, a one-page essay on “Why I would Like to Attend College,” attend an orienta- tion with their guardian, sign waivers as well as Rules and Regulations specific to the College tour.
Currently, 8 YouthBuild students will participate in this four-day College tour that has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 13th through Friday, November 16, 2018.
President/CEO Jerome Ryans said, “I am so very proud of these students who invested wisely by consider- ing their future and looking forward to better lives after the completion of their time in the agency’s YouthBuild program.”
Tampa Housing Author- ity’s YouthBuild Program works to transform lives of out-of-school, unemployed and/or underemployed young adults by offering a program that includes GED prep classes, Construction Training, Case Manage- ment, Career Readiness and opportunities for Leader- ship Development and Community Service.
For additional informa- tion regarding the Tampa Housing Authority’s Youth- Build program, please con- tact John Arroyo, YouthBuild Manager at 813- 341-9101 Ext. 2808 or Stephanie Brown- Gilmore, Program and Property Services Director at Ext. 2170.
Rights Restoration Goes Into Effect
January 1st
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
More than a million peo- ple will have their right re- stored as a result of the passage of Amendment 4. Al- though it means automatic restoration, the legislature must still determine the man- ner in which the process will take place.
Ms. Yvette Lewis, Pres- ident of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP said, “We have to go through a process before it goes into ef- fect with the legislature and how the state wants to set it up.
“We have to wait until it goes into effect on January 1st. But we plan to start on Janu- ary 2nd getting people regis- tered in time for the upcoming City election in
MS. YVETTE LEWIS President of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP
March.”
The passage of Amend-
ment 4 in last Tuesday’s elec- tion restored the right to vote to more than one million Floridians. The amendment passed with 61.25% of voter approval.
Tampa Electric To Reduce Residential Customer Bills
Tampa Electric Company (TECO) plans to reduce the amount its residential cus- tomers pay for electricity, be- ginning in January 2019.
In a news release, Tampa Electric said its residential customers will see the lowest monthly bills in 13 years – below $100 for the average household.
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved Tampa Electric’s projected costs for fuel and other clauses.
Tampa Electric’s average residential bill will drop by about 8 percent, or more than $8, to $99.53 for 1,000 kilo- watt-hours (kWh) of usage. Commercial and industrial customers will also see bills drop by about 8 percent to 10 percent, depending on usage.
Nancy Tower, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tampa Electric said, “Tampa
Electric is proud that our bills will drop to about the same level as they were in 2005. And we will continue to have some of the lowest rates in Florida.”
The decrease is the result of lower costs of fuel and en- vironmental compliance costs, among other factors, and also includes the addition of seven utility-scale solar projects – two that began op- erating in September and five that are coming online in the next several months.
Tampa Electric residential customers’ bills will continue to be among the lowest in Florida and will drop to about 23 percent below the national average – according to April 2018 data from the Energy Information Administration the national average of resi- dential electric bills is $128.90 per month.
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