InfoCision hiring

InfoCision hiring

NEW CASTLE, PA.

Akron-based telecommunications provider InfoCision is hosting open interviews from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today for jobs at 253 E. Washington St.

The company, which employs 300 in New Castle, is looking to add 15 workers immediately.

InfoCision offers health, dental and vision insurance, a 401(K) plan and other benefits.

For more information, call 888-462-7298, ext. 30, or visit InfoCision’s career website at www.jobs.infocision.com.

Foreclosures up

YOUNGSTOWN

Foreclosure rates in the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman region increased in July, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. Foreclosures in July were at 4.66 percent, up 0.52 points from July 2010. The region’s foreclosure activity is higher than the national average of 3.44 percent.

The mortgage delinquency rate in the Mahoning Valley decreased, however. In July, 8.17 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent, compared with 8.4 percent during July 2010.

Library, marketing firm sponsor ad

YOUNGSTOWN

The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County has teamed up with Boardman-based Farris Marketing to promote its Smart Money for Kids program through a television commercial.

The animated spot, which depicts a boy looking at money growing on trees, shooting out of an ATM and floating from the sky, was created by Farris animators.

Smart Money for Kids was created as part of a “Get Smart with Your Money” grant from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation and aims to educate children about finances.

For more information on the Smart Money for Kids program, visit www.libraryvisit.org.

Suburbs popular

YOUNGSTOWN

Americans who use housing choice vouchers are increasingly choosing to live in the suburbs, according to a new report from The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.

The report showed that as jobs moved to the suburbs, people followed.

In the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman region, that was no exception. The region’s percentage of vouchers used in suburbs increased 3 percent from 2000 to 2008, from 43 percent to 46 percent.

Nearby Akron saw the largest percentage increase of any metro area. The percentage of vouchers used in suburbs ballooned from 18.2 percent to 37.5 percent.

Nearly half of all HCV recipients lived in suburban areas in 2008.

The Suburbanization of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients analyzed data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the American Community Survey to show how the trend is quickly proceeding in many of the nation’s top 100 metropolitan areas.

Vindicator staff reports