d by the U.S. Department of Labor, provides short-term job training for workers who are poor, illiterate or dislocated by layoffs in particular industries. Another category, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and by individual states, helps pay the costs of long-term training at universities, colleges and trade schools” (Hildebrand, 1993: 1).
Even with such financial assistance programs, it is difficult for the returning adult to earn enough income from a job while
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