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Podcast: The College Investor Audio Show
Episode: Workforce Pell Grant: Eligibility, Programs, Timeline
Description: Workforce Pell is a new legal pathway within the Pell Grant program that’s intended to cover short-term workforce training - the kinds of programs that historically have fallen outside Pell rules because they were too short.Under the new rules, eligible programs generally must run at least 8 weeks but fewer than 15 weeks, and include 150 to 599 clock hours (or certain credit-hour equivalents).The Department of Education has emphasized that Workforce Pell awards are still Pell Grants - but with a different set of program eligibility rules, not a totally separate pot of money. That matters be...