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Boone County is one of five counties chosen across the United States to participate in an initiative on juvenile justice.The initiative is made possible by the

Job Point's YouthBuild sends its student to represent the Midwest at the white Hosue.

It celebrated two milestones Thursday with dual ribbon-cuttings.  "The new website offers us several different offerings we did not have before and greatly enhances things we did have before," Job Point President and CEO Steven A. Smith said. This includes available classes, upcoming and past events, newsletters and other happenings at the facility. "There are only three directors in the country that are on that board and there are over 90 YouthBuild programs," he said. "It just shows the capa...

It was something he wasnt jumping at the chance to do again. That all changed when he heard the story of the Bassuk Center and Homeworks USA in Lawrence, Kansas, from project director Frankie Foster Davis. Homeworks is a pilot project of the Bassuk Center.  "When she told me the whole story, that changed things a bit," Bookhart said. "It really aligned with our mission and what we do in our program. She was in pre-development at that point. "Four years later, she got the project going last ...