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Lincoln County, Montana lays groundwork for job education program

Historically dependent on natural resources for its economic vitality, Lincoln County has not been an easy place to obtain a steady job for years now.

The county’s unemployment rate is double the state average, and nearly one in five Lincoln County residents live below the poverty line.

Samantha Pierson, director of Lincoln County Public Libraries, is using those gloomy statistics to fuel funding efforts for a countywide program aimed at educating a disadvantaged population in job-seeking skills.

While free to anyone who wants to participate, the grant proposal suggests focusing on disadvantaged groups, such as the young, undereducated, formerly incarcerated, probationers and those re-entering the workforce, such as mothers and older people.

By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News

Full Story: http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/01/20/news/doc4976306d05d7f478178378.txt

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