Strengthening state financial aid policies for low-income working adults

The Working Poor Families Project (WPFP) supports efforts of state nonprofit organizations to strengthen state policies that can assist low-income workers to achieve economic security and become productive participants in the economy. WPFP encourages state groups to address the issue of college affordability for working adults. States that want - and need - to increase the educational attainment of their workforce should consider public policies that target working adults who need to improve their education and workforce skills. A few states - including several with WPFP partners - are in the ... Show more

Authors: Price, Derek V.; Roberts, Brandon

Corporate authors: Working Poor Families Project (WPFP) [+] Show more

Published: [Chevy Chase, Maryland], Brandon Roberts + Associates, 2007

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 8 p.

Access item: http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/pdfs/Policy_Brief-Financial_Aid_Fall2007.pdf Request Item from NCVER

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Subjects: Workforce developmentDisadvantagedSkills and knowledgeAdult and community educationOutcomesParticipationFinanceEquityPolicyProviders of education and trainingEmploymentTeaching and learning

Keywords: Skill developmentAdult educationRecommendationsEnrolmentFinancial aidGovernment policyAccess to education and trainingEducational policyCollegeLow skilled workerEducationTraining

Geographic subjects: North AmericaUnited States

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