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Job Centers Transforms Ex-Marine’s Life

Victorville, CA – Marine Corps veteran Gregory Lincoln was 59 when word came down that his government contract position was being eliminated. Making matters worse, a series of mix-ups caused his final paycheck to be garnished and unemployment benefits to be denied.

“My family was facing our darkest moment ever and we had no hope,” Lincoln says. “I was making $80,000 a year and my wife and I just bought a home. I didn’t know where to turn.”