Nonprofit Job-Training Programs Show Promising Results

Unemployed and low-skilled workers can significantly bolster their earning power by participating in job-training programs that are developed in collaboration with specific industries, like construction and health care, a new report suggests.

The report, based on a study of sector-based training programs in three cities, found that participants in the programs earned an average of 29 percent more than a control group—an additional $337 per month—in the year after they began the training.