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February 21, 2019
How to stop the heartbreaking cycle of intergenerational poverty

Event Date: Three years have past since Chico Harlan’s heartbreaking series in The Washington Post “A Region Left Behind” laid bare the crushing truth of poverty in the Deep South. In places like Drew, Mississippi, the chances of climbing out of poverty aren’t good — even for students who do manage to earn a high school diploma. […]

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January 9, 2017
Three things workforce development programs can do to help participants improve their health

Event Date: Amongst the mix of life skills classes that a new program is offering to out-of-school youth in Union County, New Jersey, is a subject that is rather unusual in workforce training programs: Healthy living. The other subjects being offered by the Union County board of Chosen Freeholders’ Second Chance program are oldies and goodies: Leadership, […]

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May 12, 2016
Job training hasn’t been an issue in the election. Here are three reasons why it needs to be.

Event Date: In a political season in which absolutely nothing appears to be sacred, what’s the one thing no candidate is talking about? Job training. Not jobs. There has been plenty of talk about that, mostly about how it seems like there used to be so many good ones and about how all those jobs now seem […]

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