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Vermont adult-learning students and providers tell House Education committee programs boost jobs, retention
Summary
Students and program partners told the Vermont House Committee on Education on April 25 that adult education programs — including a workforce-focused weatherization course — help learners earn credentials, find work and provide essential staff for weatherization services across the state.
Lawmakers heard testimony April 25 from students and program partners at the Vermont State House about the role Vermont Adult Learning programs in job placement, workplace readiness and community services.
The accounts focused on two linked outcomes: students gaining basic education and credentials, and employers — notably the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s weatherization program — hiring workers who completed short workforce training. The committee convened the session as part of Adult Education and Literacy Advocacy Day.
Dwight DeCoster, director of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s weatherization program, told the committee the largest barrier to serving low-income Vermonters is staffing. “The single greatest limiting factor to the weatherization program in Vermont in helping our neighbors with low…
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