Community Colleges Helping Low-Income Parents Get Better Jobs

Women receiving welfare in California who complete an Associates degree or certificate will work more and earn substantially more in the two years after college than they did before college, according to a new report from the CLASP and the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. From Jobs to Careers: How California Community College Credentials Pay Off for Welfare Participants tracks the employment rates and median annual earnings of female welfare participants who exited the California community college system in 1999-2000.