CLEVELAND, Ohio – Say Yes Cleveland may have found a way to solve its multi-million-dollar funding gap crisis that put the program’s family support specialist positions in jeopardy.
Say Yes grants scholarships to graduates of Cleveland high schools who go on to attend public colleges, universities and Pell-eligible job-training programs in the state and more than 100 private institutions nationwide. “We never want to get ahead of ourselves, but if these both go through, it will be a real weight off the shoulders of our family support specialists, who have been working tirelessly all year at their demanding, intense and critically necessary jobs, while having this significant uncertainty hanging over their heads,” said Jon Benedict, director of communications for Say Yes Cleveland.
Mayor Bibb was not available for comment. But a statement from his office attributed his work securing the funding with Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services to his commitment to Cleveland’s students and the Say Yes program. He called the program’s wraparound services, including the family support specialists, critical to the city’s youth and their families.
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