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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.
The new Workforce Pell program is meant to connect low-income students with federal money to pay for short-term job training. But various hurdles have slowed its rollout in Colorado. Reporter Jason Gonzales has the story.
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Students can get $2,200 for job training. But Colorado only approved 5 programs to take the grants.
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