An initiative to hire homeless individuals in King County to help restore the region’s parks and trails is now off and running, with Executive Dow Constantine visiting with crews working in White Center on Wednesday.
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The initiative is housed within the Jobs and Housing Program, having held recruitment events at emergency shelters to offer jobs on the King County Parks Beautification Crew. Members of the team are offered between $20 and $25 an hour as well as housing support, as part of a larger effort to offer hundreds of people a path out of homelessness.
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