Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Voices of Health Reform: 2011: Cathy's Story

Cathy Lynn Howell Allen from Marblehead, OH.





Retired Executive Helps Inmates Stay Out Of Jail

When Jermaine Robinson got out of Rikers Island jail last March, he had nowhere to live and few real prospects for finding a job. But he did have something that would prove almost as valuable: The address of the storefront Harlem office where Getting Out and Staying Out operates.
"Without them, I wouldn't have gotten where I am right now," 23-year-old Robinson says.

Ford Adding 7,000 New Jobs

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Ford Motor announced Monday it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs in the United States by the end of 2012.  Ford is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several of its U.S. plants this year, including 1,800 at the Louisville Assembly Plant, where it plans to start building the new design of the Ford Escape crossover SUV later in the year, and the company plans to add another 2,500 factory jobs next year.

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