We spend $3. billion in federal funds to prepare people for million jobs (4%) that require middle- skill training. That’s enough to train 451,000 people, a small fraction of the 16 million who could benefit from investments in access to training.
We spend $ billion in federal funds to prepare people for 5million jobs (3%) that require a four-year degree. That’s enough to serve million of the 3 million people who could benefit from investments in traditional access to college.
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