Reed cedes $10K in block grants to Employment Connection
St. Louis Alderman Lewis Reed of the 6th Ward recently announced that he was allocating $10,000 of his Community Development Block Funding to support the on-going operations of Employment Connection, Inc. Reed said that the monies from his Capital Improvement Funds also supported the mission of Employment Connection.
The program is stationed in Reed’s ward and provides much-needed
employment development and placement services to city residents. The Employment Connection, founded in 1977, provides free employment services, counseling and placement to persons who have difficulty finding and maintaining employment and to St. Louis-area businesses, who are seeking qualified job applicants.
Reed currently is running for president of the Board of Alderman, a city-wide office with a seat on the city’s Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which controls the disbursement and allocation of city funds.
For information, call (314) 333-JOBS (5627) or visit www.employmentstl.org.
