KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA)

Camden County is partnering with a nonprofit to help keep kids off the streets and in school through paid technical training. This program has been going on for a year now, and KW Community Impact reporter Rachel Williams spoke with a young man who has since turned his life around. 21-year-old James Horn of Camden was headed down the wrong path and ended up incarcerated at the age of 17 for participating in a home invasion. After serving time, he received a call about the partnership with hope works and he ent. To the program it's been less than a year, but everything is different. Like I progressed in life, I got in my high school diploma, ended up getting my permit after my permit I could just got my license the day Horn is progressing, as are several others in the program, and Camden officials say this opportunity and others like it help reduce the number of crimes.

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Camden, NJ 08102
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Hopeworks is a 501(c)(3) non-for-profit organization, EIN: 31-1660671.
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