On May 2, President Obama, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced a White House plan to provide 110,000 jobs and other employment opportunities for low-income and disconnected youth this summer—for a total of nearly 300,000 opportunities as part of the Summer Jobs+ initiative.
“In January, we called on the private and public sectors to help us address record unemployment among America’s youth,” Obama said in a press release. “Today, we are proud to announce that cities, federal agencies, nonprofits and companies from across the country have
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