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Article: WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AWARDS FUNDS FOR READING TUTORS IN KITSAP, THURSTON SCHOOLS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 27, 2007
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The Washington state Department of Employment Security issued the following news release:
The state Employment Security Department has awarded a grant of $175,000 to Community Youth Services, which serves Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce and Thurston counties. The public-service program will use the grant to support Washington Reading Corps efforts to tutor students in public schools. The funding comes from the federal AmeriCorps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) programs. Employment Security distributes the money to local communities to cover operating costs and provide stipends to Washington Service Corps members, who will spend 10½ months working on public-service ...