# ‘Wasted money’: How career training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/wasted-money-how-career-training-companies-scoop-up-federal-funds-with-little-oversight-2/
- Published: 2023-03-07T09:30:43-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: For-profit workforce training programs receive millions in federal money, but operate with little oversight from the Department of Education. Image credit: Camilla Forte / The Hechinger. Article by Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz. The Hechinger Report – February 25, 2023. Dora Bray Magilke had been unemployed for over a month when someone from her local career center in Branson, Missouri, reached out in the summer of 2020 with an offer. Magilke qualified for a government grant to go back to school, she was told, at a place the center suggested: an online company called MedCerts. […] Click here to view original web page at hechingerreport.org