Info. about B.E.S.T Program
Business Employment Skills Team is an
academic program funded by the United States government that helps
people to return to their studies and to find a job opportunity.
Normally the requirements to be admitted in this program are: if you
have low incomes or if you are receiving public assistance, if you were
affected by the closure of a business, etc. The program helps you to
study a career in one of the community colleges depending on the area
where you are. Each user receives 13,000 dollars (in kind, as tuition,
books, fees, childcare, travel, etc.) to help them have a quality
education. These programs are coordinated with the State of Illinois and
local community colleges and must result in a certificate or degree.
Also, the program has specialists who guide and prepare you for job
interviews in the field where you excel, also depending on your skills.
Thoughts about the program
The program itself is a great idea,
because it helps many citizens who have seen problems related to their
economic stability and their capital. What the program covers is not
essential, it is more than that, because the help you receive is very
abundant, since it covers many things, such as books, tuition,
transportation, even childcare. In my opinion, the program should always
be receiving funds from the government, because it helps the Americans
to get ahead on their own; The bad thing is that this fund varies every
year. What they should do is give a fixed budget, and if the program has
excellent results, they can be given extra money to cover the entire US
territory, and thus reach more people who desperately need this help.
The benefit of this program is that it makes its users achieve their
goals while achieving economic stability. In contrast, in other
countries (specifically Mexico) they only give money to users, thus
promoting mediocrity and laziness.
What would happen if the social service could not be available?
Most
likely, people who attend the program will have no chance to return to a
stable economic situation. It is also possible that the population in a
state of poverty increases, lowering with itself the economy of the
country. So, with this program you help people pay their debts
(indirectly, referring to work) to study a career, and to be able to
excel in life.
How can they avoid bad uses of the program?
One of the ways that
the government avoids the misuse of this program is that the money is
not delivered directly to the users, but rather that those in charge of
B.E.S.T. they give them the resources, such as books, etc. The only
amount that actually reaches the users is the one that is sent to them
when they move (they are paid depending on the distance they are from
the university). Thus, they avoid that the money that is destined to the
users is misused by them.
For more information about the B.E.S.T Program, you can visit their website: http://www.best-inc.org/
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