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Aug-21-15 Christie Administration Joins USDOL Secretary to Highlight Youth Employment Efforts in Camden

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Aug-21-15, Camden, NJ New Jersey Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths joined the U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez for a tour and roundtable discussion in Camden at the Camden County YouthBuild program on Thursday, August 20, 2015, to highlight how federal, state and local partners are working together with businesses in the private sector to give young people the skills to succeed and a pathway to sustainable employment. The Camden YouthBuild program, operated by the Housing Authority, provides education, occupational, job development and life skills classes for youth ages 16 to 24.

NJ Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths (light blue tie) joined U.S. Department of Labor Secretary
Thomas Perez (glasses) and Congressman Donald Norcross at the Camden County YouthBuild
program in Camden for a tour and roundtable discussion on youth employment.

A YouthBuild instructor shares information on the Camden YouthBuild program during the
tour for (left – right) NJ Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths (light blue tie); Congressman
Donald Norcross (red tie); and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez (glasses).

NJ Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths (light blue tie) and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary
Thomas Perez (glasses) watch as a student in the Camden YouthBuild program demonstrates
his skills in installing a toilet.

Participants in the roundtable discussion are left – right: Robert Corrales, City of Camden
Business Administrator; State Senate President Steve Sweeney; U.S. Department of
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez; Congressman Donald Norcross; and NJ Labor
Commissioner Harold J. Wirths