NLC Project Targets Workforce Development

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As President Clinton prepares to sign a comprehensive new workforce training bill into law, NLC has launched a new project to aid cities in developing strategies to help move people from poverty to well-paying jobs with a future.

Susan Rosenblum has joined the NLC staff to manage the three-year project, which will work with cities to develop, assess and document the effectiveness of various local workforce development strategies to reduce poverty. She served as former Mayor Harold Washington's assistant director for strategic planning in the Mayor's Office of Employment and Training in Chicago and has conducted numerous evaluation studies of national education and job …