Cash for Coming Home

摘要

When Megan Horinek graduated from Fort Hays State University in Kansas in 2010 with a marketing degree and $20,000 in student loan debt, she dreamed of returning to her hometown 140 miles away. She moved back this year to Atwood, a hamlet of only 1,194 that calls itself the "Pride of the Prairie." After working for Kraft Foods in Wichita, Horinek accepted a lower-paying job in nearby Cheyenne County partly because of a new state program that offers as much as $15,000 toward student loan repayment for people who relocate to areas hurt bv population declines.