The National Center on Family Homelessness has created the following fact sheets to inform policy makers, service providers, funders and the general pubic about the issues facing homeless children and families.
This fact sheet provides information from the Worcester Family Research Project concerning the educational and job training needs of low-income women. It presents data that highlight the important roles education and training play in families' efforts to become self-supporting and clearly demonstrates the need for increased educational and job training opportunities for recipients of income assistance in Massachusetts.
Education and Job Training Needs of Low-Income women in Massachusetts