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Congress, federal policymakers, and the states should require workforce development centers to provide in-person counseling, accurate guidance about job search strategies, a

Policymakers should improve policies and programs intended to help workers who are displaced as the result of offshoring, automation, outsourcing, and other major acti

Congress and the states should provide sufficient funding for the workforce development system.

Federal and state policymakers should evaluate the effectiveness of publicly funded workforce development programs. 

Federal and state governments should develop integrated education and training models that ensure lifelong learning and employment-related skills development.

State policymakers should encourage public two-year institutions of higher education and other career and technical education institutions to help displaced workers complete programs efficiently an

The Pell Grant program should be amended to improve access for older and displaced workers.

Part-time work should be fully recognized in publicly supported job-training programs.

Defined contribution plan account holders should have to obtain written spousal consent to take payment from the account in a form other than a joint-and-survivor annuity.

A progressive income tax is the preferred method of raising revenue at the federal and state levels. Other sources, such as a consumption tax, may be needed.