The jigsaw concept as a cooperative learning technique has applications far beyond the classroom environment (Aronson). Its potential for building intergroup relationships transfers to the accomplishment of many business and social efforts. One such effort might be the establishment of an inner-city, multicultural jobs program to relieve homelessness and boost employment in the area. Unemployment has been found to be a contributor to homelessness, and by addressing the one problem, the other would be relieved at the same time ("Employment and Homelessness," 1999). Additional expected byproducts of the project would be improved relations across racial and socioeconomic boundaries, as well as improved neighborhoods. On a personal level, transitioning from homelessness to a
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