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http://www.detnews.com/2002/schools/0206/07/e12d-508601.htm

Computer literacy program expands
Rod Sanford / Associated Press

A program that provides computer training to low-income students has grown so quickly that organizers have opened two new satellite offices to help meet the demand. Closing the Gap plans to train 140 more students this year with new offices at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lansing and Edgewood Village Housing Corp. in East Lansing. The Black Child and Family Institute formerly was the program's only location. The program, designed to get computers into the homes of low-income families and help people find jobs in the computer industry, began in January 2001....

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