Can workforce development help us reach full employment?

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Workforce development in the U.S. is quite fragmented. The providers of such services include a range of accredited higher education institutions (public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit), public agencies (like local American Job Centers, formerly known as One-Stops), secondary schools (public or private), community-based organizations, industry-related organizations and employers (public or private). Funding comes from a range of public sources—federal, state or local—and also from employers and the students/trainees themselves who are investing in their “human capital.” The implementation and regulation of public programs and funding at all levels of government is handled by Departments of Education, Labor, Commerce, Health and Human Services and others—and also different divisions within these departments.

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