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New Brownsville Program To Help Reform Troubled Young Adults
The program is designed to help those who've had brush-ins with the law find work through teaching job-hunting skills.
BROWNSVILLE, NY — The Brownsville Community Justice Center is working on a new initiative aimed at providing young adults, who have had brush-ins with the law, a second chance, News 12 reported.
The Justice Center is partnering with Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit, to run the eight-week program in which 18- to 24-year-old participants meet three times a week in order to prepare for the workforce.
"I've got a lot of friends who have been locked up for various things," Kwesi Johnson, a program participant, told News 12. He didn't run with the best group of friends. "Some bad, some very bad," he said.
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In the program, they practice for interviews, work on cover letter and learn how to dress for success, News 12 reported, adding that the goal is to have all 10 of their current participants find work.
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