Upon returning home last year from serving two years in the U.S.
Army, Asma Njesada said her greatest challenge was finding a job.
“I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me,” said the 25 year-old Dallas resident.
After being unemployed for more than six months, Njesada turned to Platform to Employment (P2E) for help.
P2E provides
veterans and the long-term unemployed with job training and placement. The initiative launched a nationwide pilot program this year, and started accepting applications in Chicago last month.
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Prominent studies that rank states’ business climates often
contradict each other and should not be used to inform public policies,
according to a new 
By the end of June 2014, more than two acres of vacant land in
Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood will be transformed into an
affordable housing development with services for veterans and their families.