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The Vineyard Program is a special education program that has been in development for several years. Simply stated, this program is designed for youths in our country who can't seem to get started in a productive life. Young men and women who join as students in the program will be employed as apprentices, living on and taking care of an existing grape vineyard in a town in northwestern Pennsylvania, near Lake Erie. The program uses trained counselors, career guidance experts, and local union officials. The students will be offered a career path that suits them, and that will enable them to gain self-respect and earn a living. In other words, they will become responsible and productive citizens. The Vineyard Program will teach students life management skills, such as taking care of their home, farming, cooking, baking, doing laundry, and how to get along with others. The Vineyard site will have cows for milk, chickens for eggs, goats, ducks and a beautiful student-managed garden for fresh vegetables. Career learning at The Vineyard will be conducted by educators from state and local colleges. Correspondence classes for high-school and college credit will be administered, including on-line courses. With a completion certificate in hand, Family Services agencies will help us find each student a mentor and sponsor. Students will receive pay for their work, and their monies will be kept in escrow for them until they leave the program. When a sponsor is found for them in their new community, each student will receive a bus ticket, clothes, and of course all the money that was held for them in escrow.

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