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Poor in Rochester: 4 programs working to bust poverty right now
Jobs — where they are, how many there are, how much they pay and how to get people into them — are at the core of anti-poverty work in the c
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Potential income gaps deter would-be workers living on the breadline
State law dictates the adjustments to a person’s financial assistance and county support when that individual gets a job. But the law is com