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Youth participants worked six weeks in summer jobs for 25 hours a week. Source: uchicago.edu

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Chicago Jobs Program Reduces Youth Violence, University of Chicago Urban Labs Study Shows

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Chicago youth jobs — Youth participants worked six weeks in summer jobs for 25 hours a week. Source: uchicago.edu

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2017.

Researchers at the University of Chicago Urban Labs announced new results from their study of One Summer Chicago Plus, a jobs program designed to reduce violence and prepare youth living in some of the city’s highest-violence neighborhoods for the labor market.

The studywas carried out over…