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...such a purge would be disastrous—firing every single state employee would still leave Massachusetts $7.2 billion in the red. Innovative programs like Massachusetts’ universal health care system would fall by the wayside, and even basic services would struggle for survival. In Cambridge, Steven Swanger, who directs the umbrella organization of Work Force, has vowed to “fight tooth and nail to keep it going.” But he can only do so much alone. The Cambridge community is already feeling the pinch of a slowing economy. Adding on the weight of Ballot...
...result of the cuts, “students would probably receive fewer services,” said Steven Swanger, the CHA’s director of resident services. “If we can’t replace the funding, it would mean cutting back and looking for alternative funding, but we’re not prepared to cut this program [entirely] at this point...
...Community Computer Center program—which offers computer classes for adults and computer access for Work Force students—would likely be eliminated completely, Swanger said...
...When you close a computer center, the computers will still be there, and the kids can still use the computers,” Swanger said. “But we wouldn’t be able to staff the center with teachers teaching adults how to use them...
...prepared to tell you at this point that we’re going to lay off staff or stop serving kids,” said Swanger, referring to Work Force. “We will fight tooth and nail to keep it going and keep it going as it exists now.” —Staff writer Peter F Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...