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Residents and aldermen press city to help Job Corps students facing program closure
Summary
Public commenters and aldermen urged the board to press state and federal officials and prepare local supports after the Job Corps program announced contract terminations that could leave hundreds of students without housing and services by June 30.
Several residents and community members used public comment time to urge the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to act to protect students at the New Hampshire Job Corps center after recent contract terminations put the program—s future at risk.
A public commenter said the center—s closure would push "thousands of vulnerable young people closer to the very system Job Corps was created to prevent," and argued federal decisions were effectively deciding "whose lives are worth saving." Christian Lacoste, a Job Corps graduate, told aldermen:…
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