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Pilot an optional, paid jail crew that builds homes with a licensed builder and a nonprofit

To: the Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Council (40 members) with an elected Mayor

Garland County, Arkansas’s jail runs a farm program, and Garland County Habitat for Humanity has built more than 170 homes since 1995. A federally funded review of studies found that vocational training in prison raised employment after release more than other education did. We ask Nashville-Davidson to pilot an optional, paid crew that builds homes alongside a licensed builder and a housing nonprofit.

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