The federal program, ‘Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro,’ or in English, ‘Youth Building the Future,’ will now be made available to the young people of Puerto Vallarta.
The interim municipal president, Jorge Antonio Quintero Alvarado, participated this weekend in a meeting with the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, held with representatives of the Puerto Vallarta business sector, for the presentation of the ‘Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro.’ From August to December, 5,000 young people can join the work centers and receive training for a year, during which time they will receive financial assistance from the federal agency, and medical services from the IMSS.
At the meeting, Mayor Jorge Quintero highlighted the visit of the federal official to this city, bringing this type of program “that will help the youth of Vallarta in a process, at a time in which the economic situation in the country depends on a pandemic, which has forced us in Puerto Vallarta on several occasions to reduce economic activity. Today all the businessmen who accompany us have been very aware of this, they have been directly supporting their workers, but I believe that this program comes to help families from Vallarta, young people from Vallarta.”
He stressed that it is precisely at this time when we must continue working together to make this type of support scheme a reality, so that the Ministry of Labor will be able to count on all the support of the municipal government to continue promoting together all those issues that benefit the people of Vallarta, and more to the young people who are the present and future of this country.
For her part, Luisa María Alcalde pointed out that she is currently visiting the different tourist municipalities of the country, as it is of interest to contribute through this specific strategy to the economic reactivation that is lived in these areas. For this reason, all the information on ‘Youth Building the Future’ is shared with the business sector so that they can participate.
The official explained that this strategic program has been promoted for about two and a half years, seeking to provide an alternative employment to young people who for various reasons do not study or work. This is how companies, institutions, workshops, or individuals open their spaces for their training, and the federal government provides monthly support of 4,310 pesos directly to each apprentice during the 12 months that this program lasts. During this time, young people will develop or strengthen their job skills to increase their future opportunities, receiving at the end a certificate that demonstrates their training.
Alcalde Luján explained the form of participation of businessmen, the process that is followed once each young person applies, the number of scholarship holders that can be admitted by each establishment, among other details of the operation of this program and its objectives.
She also indicated that for the tourism sector, 50,000 spaces are being sought nationwide, and specifically for Puerto Vallarta there will be 5,000 vacancies. She also specified that all young people can be part of this scheme meeting only two requirements, they must be between the ages of 18 and 29 years old, and they must not be currently working or studying.
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