… having amongst the highest violent crime rates inside the entire country to now having amongst the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in, in the United States of America that We have been able to create, make Maryland the first state in the country that has a service year option for all of our high school graduates. that we've been able to make Maryland a state that has the first state based, placed PLACE led initiative to address the issue of childhood poverty that we have been … (26:51–27:37)
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Asserts that Maryland is the first state to offer a service year option for all high school graduates.
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