FREE LUNCH ... and dinner are provided by a special distribution of food arranged through Job and Family Services last November. The county’s poorest residents were eligible for the distribution. CARL E.FEATHER
Taxpayers bearing the brunt
By DORIS COOK - Staff Writer Star Beacon
’It’s staggering,’ says Arcaro of the 19.7 percent rate, a fact Jim Noyes, executive director of the Ashtabula Metro Housing Authority, has observed in the public housing sector, as well.
’That’s higher than the U.S. rate,’ Arcaro says. ’That’s a huge factor.’
These disabled workers are often very difficult to place in jobs. Last year, Job and Family Services’ JobSource placed just 34 of these hard-to-place individuals. Training costs for just one person can be as high as $7,000.
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