The thread title was inappropriate and for that I apologize.
There was apparently a WH bill signing this morning (yes, a bill can be signed while the Pres is overseas).
A press release (hard copy only so far) made mention of a model program in Memphis conducted several years ago (with a general DOL grant and matching local funds) which served as a framework for this program:
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The City of Memphis Second Chance Program was established in 2001 by Mayor Willie E. Herenton. Second Chance has served over 1,500 ex-offenders over three years with only four returning to prison.
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The problem (well, just one problem) I have with the Pres is that he may sign a bill indicating his support, then doesnt include funding for programs in those bills in his budget.
He did that with No Child Left Behind and the recent Energy Independence and Security Act....just two examples of his support of bills by signing them, then his lack of support by not requesting funding for them (and vetoing Congressional budgets that insert funding).
But for now, cheers to a good bi-partisan bill becoming law.