United Way Job Training Funds Up; Employment Grants Are Boosted 34%

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The United Way of Greater Milwaukee has increased funding for job training and retention grants by 34%, from $472,328 last year to $631,559 this year, with grants being distributed this month.

Job training is one piece of the non-profit's "breaking the cycle of poverty" strategy. Other grants go to boost early childhood education, prevent unwanted teen pregnancy and increase homeownership and financial literacy. All the programs are aimed at residents of the central city's 42 "extreme poverty" neighborhoods - those tracts where more than 40% of residents live at or below the federal poverty line.

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United Way Job Training Funds Up; Employment Grants Are Boosted 34%

Funding for girls' health and homeownership increased this year, but the funding for early childhood education decreased by about 38.5%. Essie Allen, vice president of community impact for United Way...

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