New Haven Independent

CETA Redux

by Paul Bass | March 23, 2006 8:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The name “CETA” used to mean job-training and hope for young people in New Haven. It was a federal program that shut down in the 1980s. Darnell Goldson wants to bring CETA back. Goldson (pictured at left at a recent vote recount for a local election) has proposed a new $8.7 million a year CETA summer-job and education program for young people, to be funded by a 0.27 percent across-the-board budget cut for all state government departments. Goldson is challenging State Rep. Toni Walker for the Democratic nomination for the 93rd District seat. Click here to read his plan, which includes interesting data on drop-out rates and the plight of African-American males.

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