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LA SING __, First there
t e Michigan Civilian Conser­
�tiYe Corps, then tbe Michigan
Y. uth Corps. Now, beginnng in
January, the state will initiate
the Michigan eighborhood
rps(MNC),
The experimental program
w II hire 1,100 young people
ei er eligible for or no OD
p blic �tance to ork on the
improvement and rehabilitation
o certain Michigan neighbor­
h Participants will receive
minimum wage plu medical
benefits.
At present only ix counties
-I Ca OUD, Genesee Ingham,
Muskegon, Oakland andWayn�
- have been ch en to par­
ti � pate, but the program could
d to a dramatic change in the·
ate's welfare and job-trainiDg
po
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Jim Jarmer, coordinator for
th MNC, said the program i a
model in the United Stat be­
ca it is the first work program.
to use community encies.
"This program w r at the
local/community level inste d .
of hom the state level," b d,
We feel the cmmunity
better where resources ould
go.
Doug Ross, director of the
Michigan Commerce Depart­
m t, said the M C also repre­
sen a significant shift in the
st a es public as istance
ph. phy.
hat it is really worki
to ard over a couple-year
pe . ad. � R id, "is a point
wh re we would no longer
pr vide abl -bodied people
wit out children ( ith) wel­
far .".
