Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:02 a.m.

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Tight budget may affect youth programs

Contributing Reporter
Published Thursday, September 25, 2008

New Haven aldermen, facing a lousy economy and a tightening city budget, gathered Wednesday evening to discuss ways to preserve activities and employment opportunities for city youth.

“Let’s accept the fact that more funding is not coming,” New Haven Youth Commission Chairwoman and Ward 7 Alderwoman Frances “Bitsie” Clark said at the meeting. “We need to work on getting the local private sector to partner with neighborhoods instead of relying on public funding.”

But for Clark, not all was lost. In her experience, Clark said, when budget shortages occur, communities have...

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