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Chef Chad Houser was a rising star in the Dallas restaurant scene, but after volunteering with kids in the criminal justice system, he felt a calling to do more. He gave up his job to start Cafe Momentum, a restaurant staffed by kids from the criminal justice system. They\u2019re given year-long paid internships where they are taught the skills to succeed in restaurants and society. It\u2019s his way of trying to fix the problems with the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

And it works: while about half of the kids released from jail in Texas end up back there within a year, 85% of the kids who come through Cafe Momentum never go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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