Workforce Education

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Workforce Education

(1) Includes ABE, GED, and ESL services designed to demonstrate a strong relationship between basic skills and the literacy requirements of a changing workplace; improves the foundation skills of adults entering the workforce and dislocated workers as they prepare for job training and employment or new occupations. (PA WIN [1]);(2) “work-related learning experiences which can include foundation skills, technical and computer skills, serve either employed or unemployed workers, are provided inside or outside the workplace and focus on the skills and knowledge workers need to get and keep good jobs and meet demands for productivity, safety and advancement” (Workforce Education Special Collection [2])