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Article: Military-Spouses Program in Jeopardy
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 22, 2006
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When her husband's Air Force job took him to Colorado, Vydia
Torres became a cashier so she could join him, even though her resume
included stints as Puerto Rico's housing secretary and as the head of
a nonprofit group.
"I did not have the network. I did not know the labor market,"
Torres said of her 1993 move. Other military spouses face similar
career issues, she said, because they relocate so often.
Today, Torres heads a Colorado Springs program -- in place in
half a dozen communities nationwide -- that helps military spouses
with job training, placement, tuition and child care. Despite its
popularity, the initiative is in jeopardy because government
officials do not intend to renew ...