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‘Adelante Chicas’ picks up $135K grant

Adelante Mujeres, a Forest Grove non-profit that helps low-income Latino families gain job skills, has received a $135,000 grant from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette. The funds will benefit Adelante Chicas, a program of Adelante Mujeres that reaches out to girls being raised by parents new to the U.S. or who may not have the support to address the challenges their daughters face as young Latina women. United Way is funding projects that seek to improve high school graduation rates among young people from diverse communities, according to Adelante Mujeres program director Gina Bell. READ FULL STORY
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