Figure 1 Quarterly earnings for WIA program participants and comparison group prior to and following participation.
Program participants also had slightly higher employment rates, average weekly work hours and hourly earnings.
Last week, program participants lined up outside the church well before the pantry opened.
Currently, program participants serve as chiefs of staff for three of the city's eight parks commissioners.
Some former program participants have now gone on to form their own private promotions business, Civic Entertainment Group.
They will talk really loudly, the program participants said confidently, because they think all older people are practically deaf.
"We will not be satisfied until more program participants are transitioning from trial to permanent modifications," she said.
Another sore point was the access that many of the program participants had to the top officials at the agency.
Under the buyback program, participants are paid up to $200 a weapon.
As an incentive to complete the program, participants receive a monthly stipend of $200.
Increasingly, potential program participants have been given the opportunity to apply for benefits on the Internet.
