Two Rivers, 30 Minutes for 12-15-2017
12-15-2017
Topic: Coping with high unemployment in the Mon Valley
Guests: Tracey Reaves, director of workforce development, Mon Valley Initiative, and Earl Lamar, workforce and financial coach
How discussed: What does the Mon Valley Initiative workforce program do? Where is it located? Does the workforce program help people who are underemployed as well as unemployed? We keep hearing that the unemployment rate is at record lows. Why is there still a need for the workforce program? What kinds of challenges do people face to gaining full-time employment?
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