PASSAIC HEAD START SITE TO ADD JOB TRAINING TO MIX

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: March 18, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

DEQUENDRE NEELEY, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-18-1997
PASSAIC HEAD START SITE TO ADD JOB TRAINING TO MIX
By DEQUENDRE NEELEY, Staff Writer
Date: 03-18-1997, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: 4 Star, Also in 2 Star

PASSAIC -- Almost a year overdue, the Passaic Head Start program is set to
open a demonstration site next week at the Chestnut Gardens housing
complex to care for 20 preschoolers and help their parents get jobs.

The program is scheduled to run through October, when officials
hope more federal dollars will be pumped in to keep it afloat and expand
it to serve up to 150 ...

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