New funding is coming to a program that helps people with child support debts receive resources and find a good job.
The Area Resources for Community and Human Services awarded $95,517 to the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment for its yearlong Circuit Court program.
The goal is to help train participants to land stable jobs and reach child support compliance, SLATE Executive Director Connie Johnson said.
“We’re trying to make sure that people are not deterred from obtaining meaningful employment and going into career paths based upon the fear that their wages will be garnished or taken away because they have this debt,” Johnson said.
Johnson said SLATE aims to enroll 70 people with…