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Too Few Jobs For Youth

Commentary/Op-Ed - September 2007

Too Few Jobs For Youth

New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program recently completed another successful summer--but, as CUF notes in this recent Gotham Gazette op-ed, it's still reaching too few of the city's teens.

by David Jason Fischer

Tags: economic opportunity workforce development youth

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