Michigan Catholic: Searching for economic solutions
Michigan Catholic, the newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, has this article in Friday’s edition: Searching for solutions – parishes work to help people find employment.
A snippet:
Brenda Campbell, a widow, spent nearly two years out of work after being laid off in March 2006, at age 57, by a local advertising agency where she had been a secretary and administrative assistant.
Like many people who lose their job, she focused on finding a similar position at a comparable rate of pay. “I went on many interviews, but no one would hire me,” she recalls.
After her jobless benefits expired, her financial situation deteriorated and she lost her apartment in April 2007. Campbell wound up spending several weeks staying overnight in the parish halls of churches that participate in the Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team (MCREST), before being accepted into the MATTS transitional shelter in Warren.
Posted: June 1st, 2008 under In the News, Unemployment.
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