STEP-UP Chattanooga seeking local businesses to hire high school interns this summer

Cardiac rehab manager Allan Lewis, right, shows intern Makalah Smith how to input information in the computer in CHI Memorial Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation facility on Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 40 businesses and organizations in Hamilton County have offered paid internships to high school students through the Step-Up Chattanooga program. Cardiac rehab manager Allan Lewis, right, shows intern Makalah Smith how to input information in the computer in CHI Memorial Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation facility on Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 40 businesses and organizations in Hamilton County have offered paid internships to high school students through the Step-Up Chattanooga program.

By Meghan Mangrum January 20, 2018 4 min read

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To learn more about hiring a STEP-UP intern, visit www.stepupchattanooga.org.

Across Chattanooga and the surrounding area, 40 businesses, organizations and nonprofit groups have committed to hiring Hamilton County high school students for paid internships this summer through the Public Education Fund’s program STEP-UP Chattanooga.

STEP-UP places low-income students in internships at local businesses and organizations and provides work-readiness training for students throughout the spring before their summer internships.

Last year, the program’s goal was to place 175 students in internships. It placed 153 with 95 different employers.

This summer, the program’s goal is 200.