In Appalachia, Trump's proposed budget has people worried
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March 17, 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Crystal Snyder was trying to figure out life as a single mom when she lost her job at a West Virginia T-shirt factory.
The 37-year-old had no college degree, mostly because she married at 16, divorced at 19 and had two children. Unsure what to do, Snyder heard about a program through the Coalfield Development Corp. that would hire her and pay for her to get an associate degree. Now she works full time for one of the nonprofit's agriculture offshoots.
"I'm learning how to be a farmer. I'm growing food, I'm going to school," she said. "It has helped me in ways I can't even...
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