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February 23, 2006
Reform or Dismantling? President's Workforce System Proposal Raises Serious Concerns
From Center for Law and Social Policy:
by Evelyn Ganzglass and Abbey Frank. President Bush's 2007 budget proposal calls for drastic reduction in funding for training and employment services and the consolidation of Workforce Investment Act and Employment Service programs into a single block grant to states. The proposed changes would channel most of the remaining resources into individual training vouchers thus diminishing state and local flexibility to tailor programs to meet the needs of employers and jobs seekers, especially low-income adults, hard-to-employ individuals, and disadvantaged youth. 5 pages. Read more from this post.
Posted on February 23, 2006 11:00 PM
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