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Program for at-risk parolees at risk

Vicente Moreno could have turned back to the streets when he finished his prison term, but a program that slain East Palo Alto community leader David Lewis helped create saved him, he said.

"When I got out of prison I had nothing. I was struggling to find a job. My shoes were ragged walking everywhere trying to find work," he said.

Moreno has a small son and was determined to stay out of prison. He also wanted to marry his son's mother, but he had no money or prospects, he said...

LINK - PaloAltoOnline.com