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At the WV Legislature: Rev. Watts calls for $300 million state investment in communities struggling with high poverty

Community leader wants funds used to improve housing, health, workforce, economic and social service coordination

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The state’s 86th Legislature has the unique opportunity to improve the state’s workforce participation rate by investing in those who will always call West Virginia home, according to the Rev. Matthew J. Watts, who testified during the Senate Workforce Committee meeting on Friday. 

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