Fri, 2011-05-13
Amid a chorus of I Feel Good, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel took off his jacket and jumped into the morning ritual at The Cara Program, where clients share their highs and their lows on the road to job placement. Cara gives its clients more than a job, it gives them self-worth, which comes from the interpersonal support of the Cara family, Emanuel said as he opened the press conference to announce the two people who will head the Department of Family & Support Services. Click here to read the full story (courtesy of StreetWise, Vol. 19 No. 20).
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