The office, created by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shortly after taking office, will implement the first state-run service-year option for high school students.
“Investing in service is how we will build a Maryland where we leave no one behind,” Moore said as he introduced Monteiro during a news conference Monday, with former lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in the audience. President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Townsend’s uncle, conceived of AmeriCorps VISTA, a federal anti-poverty program, to encourage service to help lift underprivileged communities.
Participants would work 30 hours a week and be paid $15 an hour from state funds. They will receive job training, mentorship, career counseling and financial literacy skills and will also receive a $6,000 stipend once they complete a placement.Moore described his pick to lead the effort as a problem solver, bridge builder and peacemaker.
“Paul will use those talents to build a state that serves,” Moore said, adding that he selected Monteiro after a months-long, nationwide search. “I know he will succeed because I know you believe in this work,” the governor said.Monteiro, whose grandparents met on a Peace Corps mission, has spent much of his career in public service.
He served most recently as a Biden appointee as director of the Community Relations Service at the U.S. Department of Justice. Previously he worked at Howard University, where he served as the chief of staff to the president and then as assistant vice president of external affairs. He has served as an at-large member of the
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