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Joe Barton: “Job Corps students both on and off center are 2.5 times less likely to commit suicide, four times less likely to die…”

On the recordJune 21, 2017
Job Corps students both on and off center are 2.5 times less likely to commit suicide, four times less likely to die from a drug overdose, 15 times safer than their counterparts, 16 to 24 years old nationally.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton highlights the safety statistics of Job Corps students compared to their peers.

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