by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | May 27, 2026 | Workforce Pell & Federal Policy
8 – 15 weeks. A few hundred dollars of federal aid you don’t pay back. A credential employers are actually begging for. Starting July 1, 2026, this is (FINALLY!) real. My past twenty years in education, workforce, and economic development taught me an...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Workforce Pell & Federal Policy
Just a few months ago, in April 2025, I wrote about the promising, yet uncertain, future of the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act. The question then was: “Game Changer in the Making?” Today, in July 2025, we have a definitive answer. The “Big Beautiful...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2025 | Workforce Pell & Federal Policy
The U.S. is at a bit of a crossroads when it comes to workforce development. We’ve got nearly 10 million unfilled jobs while over 6 million people are still unemployed. If you’ve worked in this space, you know the problem: a lot of folks just don’t have access to (or...
