D.C. summer jobs program finishes $6 million under budget

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The cost of the District's summer jobs program is an ever-moving target, with city officials saying Wednesday that this year's program will finish $6 million under budget.

At a council oversight hearing Wednesday afternoon, officials projected that the six-week program, which ended Friday, will have spent $10.8 million, but they were unable to provide a full accounting. That's millions of dollars less than the estimated cost of compensating the 14,000 participants alone — 14- to 21-year-old D.C. residents who worked in government agencies and D.C. businesses and who each earned about $1,000.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 11 Aug, 2011

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