Utah's workforce model is lifting scores of people out of poverty.

Unspecified committee · June 12, 2024

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Anecdote: displaced "lumper" and barriers to services

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An unidentified senator described an anecdote about a "lumper" (a fishing-boat worker) who lost work and then faced a confusing web of federal programs and processes when trying to access unemployment, housing vouchers, TANF and job training.

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At a committee hearing, a senator introduced the "Door to Work Act," a bill to let up to five states pilot consolidated "one-stop" centers that co-locate job training and safety-net services; witnesses and a Louisiana official discussed rapid-response teams, American Job Centers, and staffing concerns for such centers.

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