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Heller notes pandemic teen summer job programs help family finances and generate big reductions in violence and criminal justice involvement

August 14, 2020

In a PBS News Hour segment, PSC Researcher and Economist Sara Heller discusses impact of municipal summer job programs during the Covid-19 pandemic.”Two to seven years after the [city-run job] program, it’s not improving future employment outcomes. What it is doing is generating big reductions in violence and criminal justice involvement.”

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