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Eighth-grader Brittany "D.J." Niquette and sophomore Jameka Evans share a joke with other students while writing similes for English class at PACE Center for Girl's in Pinellas Park.
Troubled girls program takes a budget hit
The PACE Centers for Girls, a nonprofit that helps runaway, delinquent and truant teens, saw its budget for the remainder of the fiscal year cut by nearly one-fifth on Wednesday as lawmakers voted to reduce state spending by $512-million to cope with lower-than-expected tax collections.
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