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Atlanta Youth Program Hires 6,000 Teens, Registrations Up 25%

6/11/2026

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Atlanta’s Summer Youth Employment Program began orientation after hiring nearly 6,000 teens for 2025.
Registrations rose 25% despite more than 1,600 eligible youth remaining unmatched.
Seventeen-year-old Kaden Malone of D.M. Therrell High School started a job to ease his family’s stress.
Sandy Moore runs Slushy Box ATL at The Saltbox, paying up to $15 an hour for 20-hour weeks.
Moore hopes participants will get full-time jobs after the program.

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Story summary

Atlanta’s Summer Youth Employment Program began orientation after hiring nearly 6,000 teens for 2025.
Registrations rose 25% despite more than 1,600 eligible youth remaining unmatched.
Seventeen-year-old Kaden Malone of D.M. Therrell High School started a job to ease his family’s stress.
Sandy Moore runs Slushy Box ATL at The Saltbox, paying up to $15 an hour for 20-hour weeks.
Moore hopes participants will get full-time jobs after the program.