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Homeboy Industries, the acclaimed institution that has worked to transform the lives of gang members in East Los Angeles for more than two decades, was forced into massive layoffs last week. The organization founded by Boyle Heights Jesuit Priest Father Gregory Boyle to combat gang violence through job placement has fallen short of maintaining its operating budget and as a result three hundred employees, including senior staff and administrators, found themselves suddenly out of work. The independent non-profit has been adversely affected by the long-standing economic recession as private donations and less local government funding has come at a time when unemployment has increased demand for its services.
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