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Freddie Gray's Death Sparks Efforts To Reduce Baltimore Unemployment Rate
The Center for Urban Families says 300 people complete this employment training program each year. More than 200 are placed in jobs, including with major employers like Johns Hopkins University. The average wage for a graduate is $13 an hour.
"However, many of those we place two, and three and four times," says Tenille Patterson. "When you have someone that hasn't been consistently employed for two or three years, that first employment opportunity often doesn't stick."
The poverty and violence laid bare by Freddie Gray's death is a longstanding problem. And addressing it, a long term project.
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