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Direct linkJones, Linda O. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Over 10% of residents in the District of Columbia (D.C.) are unemployed, and over 197,000 of D.C. residents are constrained by low levels of literacy and workforce skills. With such low-skills, stagnant workers--those with the lowest level of literacy, computer and employment skills--are living in a cycle of poverty and economic instability.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Urban Areas, Unemployment
