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, insiders are raising concerns about the taxpayer-funded job training program falling short of its goals, further harming the effort’s already-troubled reputation.— aims to graduate about 28,000 San Antonio residents from college or job training and place almost 16,000 people into jobs paying at least $15 an hour over the next five years.in training programs by March. As of this week, about 300 people had enrolled, and at least one advisory board member is calling for a revision of the goals.
But there’s a problem: Nearly half of the applicants were either ineligible or have stopped responding to the program’s communications. Michael Ramsey, executive director of the City of San Antonio’s Workforce Development Office, said that should be closer to 30 percent, as a higher number suggests the program isn’t adequately communicating its guidelines.
Participants have so far largely chosen to pursue either a four-week course to obtain a commercial drivers license or to enter occupations in the medical field such as licensed vocational nurse or phlebotomist. The published numbers don’t always align. The city showed 313 people enrolled in training Monday before that number fell to 293 the next day, even as the number of program graduates held steady at 22.
By all accounts, Ready to Work is among the most ambitious taxpayer-funded workforce initiatives a U.S. city has undertaken. And previous evaluations of Project QUEST — one of the four primary Ready to Work contractors — have proven it’s one of the most effective workforce development organizations in the nation.
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