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Bohnett Fdn. Teams Up With White House to Put LGBT Youth to Work

For many LGBT youth, especially those living on their own, internet access is a lifeline: providing communication, places to live, job opportunities. The White House and the nonprofit David Bohnett Foundation recently launched a program to ensure disadvantaged queer youth will never be out of work because a computer is out of their reach.

The White House announced last week they were launching the Summer Jobs+ Initiative to help tens of thousands of youth find jobs or internships though a public/private partnership involving 95 companies and 300,000 jobs and mentorships. The initiative

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