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Article: DOL Grants Funds for Five Cities to Help Young People
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 25, 1999
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WASHINGTON, March 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Five U.S. cities are
getting grants of about $2.2 million to duplicate the success of
pilot projects that get kids off the streets and into jobs. The
money will be used to help young people in the poorest areas of
Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, Oakland and San Diego.
"These grants ensure that our economy makes use of the talents
and
abilities of everyone who wants to work," Vice President Al Gore
said
in announcing the funding from the Department of Labor. "These funds
ensure that the important contributions that young people in these
cities have to make are not overlooked."
"These grants offer hope to left-out kids in left-behind
communities," Secretary ...