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{{toplink|url=http://www.facebook.com/americaworkspennsylvania/|name=facebook.com/americaworkspennsylvania}}'''America Works''' lifts people out of poverty using its unique brand of '''intensive, personalized employment services'''. Called "a company with a conscience," it was founded in 1984 by social activist and entrepreneur Peter Cove, a Boston native who wanted to put his ideals about poverty and the American dream into practice.

Since then, this private workforce development firm has found jobs for about 500,000 hard-to-place workers, including military veterans, long-term welfare and food stamp recipients, former criminal offenders, people who are homeless and living in shelters, youths aging out of foster care, non-custodial parents, people living with HIV/AIDS, and people receiving SSI/SSDI.

''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/pg/americaworkspennsylvania/about About] page.

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