maine gets high marks for supporting   




by a.j. higgins 




a new york personal finance technology company is giving maine high marks for its efforts to encourage veterans to re-enter the work force and take advantage of veterans programs. 




asees singh, of smartassets, says that maine ranks sixth in the country when it comes to several key programs. 




<u+201c>when veterans come back from serving, the process to adjusting to civilian life can be really difficult for them,<u+201d> singh says. <u+201c>a survey from pew research center found that 27 percent of veterans had a difficult time re-acclimating to civilian life.<u+201d> 




smartassets<u+2019> survey concluded that maine should be proud of the fact that 10.5 percent of all private businesses in the state are owned by veterans. 




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maine gets high marks for supporting veterans
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