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Senator Durbin Calls On Labor Department To Continue Funding Youth Job Training Programs In High Poverty, High Crime Areas

“The Best Anti-Poverty, Anti-Crime, Anti-Violence Program Is A Job”

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Source: onesummerchicago.org

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. In response to drastic cuts to federal job training programs proposed in the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for strong investment for youth training programs in communities with high levels of poverty and violence. Durbin argued that these programs help keep at-risk youth…

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