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Newbold: Programs Employing People Helping Adults with Disabilities

June 30, 2014

Every day, more than 200 adults with intellectual disabilities from across greater Philadelphia get out of bed and go to work in part due to the efforts of the staff at Programs Employing People. The program, which started

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