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Friday, August 21, 2009

Stimulus Money to Help Parents Find Work to Pay Child Support

Federal stimulus money has created 21 jobs in the state, that in turn helps parents find jobs so they can pay child support. The Fatherhood Program is a state-provided service that helps unemployed moms and dads find work by paying for job training and connecting them with job placement resources in their communities. Its staff is doubling. With a couple hundred thousand dollars in federal stimulus money, the Department of Human Services is hiring 21 more agents to act as advocates for unemployed parents.

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