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Job Path Provides Comprehensive Workplace Training for Youth with Disabilities

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Job Path graduate, Jarod Friend, works part time as a receptionist at KUAF Public Radio.
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Job Path assists high school students and young adults with disabilities, ages 16 to 24, to prepare for the workforce. The federal and state funded program trains a hundred northwest Arkansas youth annually, says regional Job Path manager, Laura Smith. We also meet Jarod Friend, a Job Path graduate, who works part-time at KUAF Public Radio.

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