Summer jobs
Hundreds of residents were hired for city summer jobs, including more than 200 young people in 2022 and nearly 350 residents in 2024.
Opportunity for young people and returning residents
Opportunity.
Second chances, youth jobs, and pathways home for returning residents — because a stronger Trenton includes everyone.
Accomplishments
What Mayor Reed delivered.
A second chance
The city ended a seven-year ban on hiring formerly incarcerated residents, created an Office of Returning Citizens, and held free expungement clinics. Dozens of returning residents were helped into jobs.
Trenton RISE
A community youth center for at-risk teens opened in 2022.
Youth voice
The Mayor's Youth Advisory Council brought students from all four wards to City Hall.