The program, known as Advance Peace, will launch in one precinct in each borough and pair fellows — young people deemed at risk for involvement in gun crime — with formerly incarcerated mentors. In cities that follow the model, fellows get paid a stipend of roughly $1,000 a month for staying in the program, as well as bonuses for meeting agreed-upon life goals like obtaining a driver’s license or GED.
Wow! a whopping 1,000 a month? That'll keep them alive for about a week. What do they do for the rest of the month? Then those "life goals" like getting a drivers license. Well, that will sure help with drive by shootings, stealing cars and getting to those drug deals across town. As for a GED, those are about as useful as liberal arts degrees for getting work.
jerry pdx
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The program, known as Advance Peace, will launch in one precinct in each borough and pair fellows — young people deemed at risk for involvement in gun crime — with formerly incarcerated mentors. In cities that follow the model, fellows get paid a stipend of roughly $1,000 a month for staying in the program, as well as bonuses for meeting agreed-upon life goals like obtaining a driver’s license or GED.
Wow! a whopping 1,000 a month? That'll keep them alive for about a week. What do they do for the rest of the month? Then those "life goals" like getting a drivers license. Well, that will sure help with drive by shootings, stealing cars and getting to those drug deals across town. As for a GED, those are about as useful as liberal arts degrees for getting work.
That thou will go right into wholesale drug purchasing.
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