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US House passes bill to make Pell grants available for retraining programs

February 10, 2022

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The jobs crisis has been top of mind for employer-facing interest groups, particularly those with a voice at the federal level.

Not long before the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act passed the Senate in June, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced an initiative pushing for federal and state-level policy changes regarding access to work, including visa programs, job training and child care. A Chamber report that debuted around the same time also noted that half as many workers are available per job opening as there have been on average for the past 20 years — 1.4 workers per opening, down from 2.8 workers. That difficulty has expanded into 2022, local Chambers said in a recent survey.

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