Deadline extended to apply for BR youth work program

BATON ROUGE – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced that the deadline has extended to apply for the EmployBR Young Adult Services Out-of-School Youth Program.The deadline has been extended until Mar. 3 at 5 p.m.The program, Making a Positive Step, runs for eight weeks starting March 13 through May 12. To be eligible applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 24 and currently not attending any school. The program is open to school dropouts, offender, youth who have aged out