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'Job-A-Bego' helps central Ohio job-hunters

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A group of central Ohio counties is taking job resources right to the people - via a 32-foot motor home.

Funded by seven counties, the 32-foot recreational vehicle had been transformed into a mobile job-resource center complete with laptops, Internet access and an interview area.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that since March, the vehicle - dubbed the "Job-A-Bego" - has helped some 350 people in Delaware, Marion, Knox and Morrow counties find work.

It's only one piece of the multi-county effort to update technology and combine services to allow Job and Family Services agencies to handle bigger caseloads. It's also a tangible sign of counties that have saved money by pooling resources after the state budget cut funding to local governments by $630 million.

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