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Akron Courts to Pilot Future Plans with 80 Convicted Felons
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Brock Brewster Shares GRIT Impact on Students
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Amanda Hedrick Shares Stories About Seeing Lives Changed Working With GRIT
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Al Winters Discusses Opportunities To Enter The Trades As a Plumber or Pipe Fitter
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GRIT – Growing Rural Independence Together
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Future Plans, Ashlie Webster, presented at the 4th Annual Community & Career Connected Learning Summit
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We’re proud recipients of an Appalachian Regional Commission INSPIRE Initiative award!
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New career-building resources come to students in Athens and other Appalachian Ohio counties through the GRIT Project
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