The Comer Foundation pays for adult residents of the
PocketTown neighborhood to attend the PACT (Pre-Apprenticeship Training
Program). PACT is a city program which teachers residents basic building and
rehabbing skills necessary to obtain an union apprenticeship. Anyone who
completes the program successfully will be guaranteed a year position
rebuilding the neighborhood. Pockettown: Change and Transformation on
Chicago's S. Side.
