Skills Training as a Community Economic Development Strategy

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A skilled workforce is important to a community's economic health; hence, skills training is a key economic development strategy. Nonetheless, federal investment in skills training is declining. This year Congress will address reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Several changes in the Act could support improved skills development for workers and meet employers' needs more effectively.

By Whitney Smith From July - August 2003