Each year the HUEA sponsors the Youth Workforce Program. This program employs zone youth during the summer months, creating over 100 jobs motivating teens to work. Two-thirds of the employees work for zone businesses and organizations including Hansen’s Auto Parts, Bridges, Pyramids, Hammond Recycling Center, Bethany Childcare, and St. Margaret’s Hospital. One third of the workforce concentrates their effort on beautifying the city by landscaping, trimming parkways, and painting. The purpose of the program is threefold: zone youth acquire earning power, previously unemployed youth are introduced to the workforce, and local businesses and organizations are aided with extra staffing.

The work schedule will begin in mid-June and end in mid-July. City of Hammond high school students who reside in the Enterprise Zone and are at least 16 years old may apply.