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A great success story.....One Franklinton Rising 18 yr. old trainee who has been with us for about one year, learning more life skills and gaining basic construction skills as his training work included two different houses in Franklinton, received even more!

During his time with us he finished high school and received his diploma; however, he, like many inner-city 18 year old's did not have a driver's license or sufficiently reliable transportation to obtain a good job in construction.

In his last few months as a trainee with us, we helped him get a temporary driver's license and then gave him actual driving lessons/time behind the wheel. He recently obtained his Ohio driver's license; we began helping to set up interviews with great local contractors, helped identify a good auto to purchase and gave him the down payment...he had enough saved to pay the rest!

He purchased the auto and this week began his new full-time job with a contractor that will give him a great opportunity...he can now look in the rear view mirror at poverty!

Oh...and a little more....one of the houses that he worked on as a trainee was completed in 2022 and sold well below market price to a former trainee, who has four children, but a great job with another local contractor.

Reliable transportation, some skills, good housing, and most of all, a willingness to work hard and poverty is gone! We hope to do much more!

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