Charlestown Employees Help Foster Youth Find Jobs

CATONSVILLE, MD -- Charlestown retirement community's Amy Bishop, Senior Recruiter, and Neale Glinowiecki, Sales Manager, participated May 5th in a "Fostering Futures Job Fair" held at Roger Carter Center in Ellicott City, MD. They offered employment insight and perspective to scores of job seekers.

The job fair provided youth who are aging out of foster care with an opportunity to explore local businesses.

The youth met individually with Bishop and Glinowiecki (seen in photo) to learn about job prospects that correlate with their interests and skills.

The job fair was held in partnership with the Howard County Department of Social Services and KidsPeace​.

Representatives from United Airlines, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wegman's, and Erickson Living were a few of the presenters in attendance.

About Fostering Futures:

Fostering Futures is an initiative of Voices for Children (The Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, CASA) and in partnership with the Department of Social Services.

This is a network of caring individuals and organizations in Howard County who have come together to support youth who will be aging out of foster care.

Through the network, resources are sought to meet the needs of older foster youth, who have no family support.

Areas of concentration include employment, housing, transportation, education, health care, financial literacy and person skill training.

As needs arise, the network is notified and individuals/organizations respond to the needs they are able to fulfill.