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House approves bill to reward trail projects that hire youth; adds points for youth work components
Summary
The House passed House Bill 118 as amended to add a scoring category that awards additional points to Riverway/Rails-to-Trails project applications that include youth work components; sponsors said the change encourages prevention-focused employment without creating new bureaucracy.
The Utah House voted to approve House Bill 118, a measure that adds a scoring category to give additional points to Riverway Enhancements and Rails-to-Trails project applications that include a youth work component.
Representative Jason Jones, the bill sponsor, said the bill does not create a new bureaucracy or a new funding stream but instead ‘‘gives additional points’’ to projects that include…
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