Tag: jobs for the homeless
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Arkansas City Is Actually Paying the Homeless to Pick Up Trash
In April 2019, Little Rock, Arkansas, began paying the homeless $9.25 an hour to pick up litter around the state capital. That pay outpaces the Federal minimum wage, as Arkansas increased the state’s minimum wage to $9.25 an hour this year. Called Bridge to Work, the program has been such a success that the city’s…