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Reminds me of the Conservation Corps. As much as I support the concept, programs like this are not for people who need money.

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did it provide food and lodging?

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Possible lodging, no food.

It was quite a few years before I could afford a month’s worth of food in one go, and I was too old to join by then. The way they (people my own age) handled telling me that I was too poor to join their club, left a lasting impression.

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thats where it fails. the depression era stuff they got a cot and meals in a mess hall and then they could send their money home to their families.

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