Can Floridaâs broken workforce aid program be fixed? Lawmakers arenât sure.
Republicans say the CareerSource system needs reform, but itâs unclear what that might look like.
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Updated Feb. 18
TALLAHASSEE â In a dimly lit basement committee room at the Florida Capitol this week, lawmakers had one big question for the officials in charge of Floridaâs workforce development program.
Who exactly benefits from the web of bureaucracy Florida has set up to route hundreds of millions of federal dollars to people looking for new or better jobs?
After three presentations by some of the people in charge of the program â and close to an hour of grilling by lawmakers â skeptics on the House Education and Employment committee never got the answer they were looking for.