tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post5437884657444146905..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Some thoughts on Gene Callahan and Francis Fukuyama on job training programsEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-51077192170774057362014-11-21T11:23:29.339-05:002014-11-21T11:23:29.339-05:00I stop in and read some of your stuff occasionally...I stop in and read some of your stuff occasionally but never seem to comment. Just wanted to say, you nailed this one. Excellent commentary. I couldn't agree more. <br /><br />A few comments though. First, the nitpick. WIOA is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Congress dropped the word Investment and replaced it with Innovation. Second, while Job Corps is a national program, it is subcontracted out almost exclusively. As a result, while it's a federally funded program operated at a national-level, it is run by private organizations and so in many ways is not centrally controlled at all. That is pretty much the case for all of the federally run programs, such as NFJP, SCSEP, etc. Just like the other programs, they are funding streams (i.e. pots of money) that are provided to locally controlled entities to provide the services that meet the needs of particular populations in particular places. This droning on about the vast number of programs and overlapping services is a giant boat load of crap. To all this talk about streamlining these programs, I ask, to what end? As you say, these are just pots of money that are dished out to local areas to run programs that make sense for particular groups in particular places. Putting all of the money into one big pot wouldn't change a thing, and, in fact, would probably be a terrible idea. Is there not a benefit to diversity. Put in a way an academic could understand, would the university system benefit from consolidating all of the various departments in a university into one giant department? Would that help anything? <br /><br />In any event, I don't want to ramble anymore. Nice post.Studentnoreply@blogger.com