If a [job] can be found anywhere, it would probably be here at one of 2,942 one-stop career centers that Congress established 10 years ago. They each play host to a web of federal programs for the needy or unemployed, offering training, job listings and, in most states, access to welfare programs like food stamps and unemployment insurance. ...
Essentially, they are the emergency rooms of today’s sick economy — and they are increasingly overwhelmed. ...
Congress has extended unemployment benefits, which helps, but the Department of Labor also reports that this year’s federal budget for workforce programs was cut by 1.74 percent, to $3.7 billion, continuing a decrease of 14 percent from 2000 to 2007.
[From Job Centers See Crush of People in Need - NYTimes.com]
Also the parking places are in short supply.
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