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Little Rock, Arkansas, Combats Homelessness With Work And Services Program

Little Rock has extended a program which gives homeless people a day of work picking up trash around the city and connects them to mental health services, job opportunities and more.
Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. (Danny Johnston/AP)

Little Rock, Arkansas, has approved a measure to continue investing in the city’s homeless population.

City council has extended Little Rock’s “Bridge to Work” program, which gives people experiencing homelessness a day of work. Program leaders also connect them to

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