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the article talk about a teen who drop outa school at the age of 19 who got his hours cut off whop live on the outskirts of Washington with his girlfriend and their 2-year-old son.Who's now lookingg for a full time job to get back in school but he hasn't been able to find neither.His girlfriend also looking for a job, After four months of trying, she finally landed a gig in a beauty salon 25 minutes away from her home. 

 []  This article is about increased hiring,less competetion from older workers, and a new government push all point to better prospects for teens this year.

Some of the gains seem to be coming from a federal program called Summer Jobs +, run by the U.S. Department of Labor. Noting that unemployment in the 16-to-24 age group exceeded 50% last July (the month when youth employment typically peaks), the DOL put out a call to employers to hire at least 250,000 kids this year