The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has developed a program known as Moving to Opportunity. Which statement best describes this program?
a. Families are selected to move to new housing in neighborhoods with better job and educational opportunities.
b. Families with low-incomes can receive subsidized childcare in specific day care and preschool programs.
c. Poor single mothers are selected to receive special job training to help them find higher paying jobs.
d. Poor heads of households (either male or female) are selected to complete an educational program focusing on the skilled trades.
a
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a. conforming to conventional morality. b. doing better than their parents. c. having a career in law enforcement. d. in jail or worse.
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a. .08 b. .15 c. 1 d. 13
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a. individual b. group c. organization d. social artifact e. communication patterns
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