On October 6, 2026, Franklin County Board of Commissioners approved a $75,000 subaward agreement with Nationwide Children's Hospital for the Ready 2 Earn summer youth employment program. Nineteen young people participated in the program, and all successfully completed it, with four interns being hired full time by the hospital.
Bart Logan, Assistant Director of Communications for Franklin County Job and Family Services, presented the results, noting that the program served more than 630 young people this year.
Press Release: Franklin County
Published October 6, 2026. Reproduced in full from the Franklin County.
Nationwide Children's Hires Four Ready 2 Earn Interns Full Time
Franklin County Board of Commissioners | Job and Family Services
Nineteen young people spent the summer working at Nationwide Children's Hospital through Franklin County's Ready 2 Earn program. All 19 finished, and the hospital hired four of them full time.
The Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 0616-26 on October 6, a $75,000 subaward agreement with Nationwide Children's Hospital for the Franklin County Ready 2 Earn summer youth employment program. Bart Logan, Assistant Director of Communications for Franklin County Job and Family Services, presented the results. Ready 2 Earn is the county's summer youth employment program, run through Job and Family Services with employer partners like Nationwide Children's.
Nationwide Children's offers paid jobs to young people ages 16 to 24 through its Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families program. This summer's interns worked 30 hours a week at $15 an hour. They built resumes, practiced interviewing, got career planning advice from health care professionals, and supported clinical and non-clinical staff in departments that hire for in-demand jobs.
Every Ready 2 Earn participant also trains on workplace basics: punctuality, professionalism, teamwork, critical thinking, and communication.
The hospital hosted 19 interns, "all of whom we are happy to say successfully completed the program," Logan said. "Following completion, we're especially excited to say that Nationwide Children's Hospital hired four of those interns on full time," he added.
Logan said the county's summer workforce investments through Ready 2 Earn served more than 630 young people this year.
The resolution supports Goal 11 of the Rise Together Blueprint. It passed 2-0 on a motion by Commissioner Erica C. Crawley, with Commissioner Kevin L. Boyce abstaining.
