New state funding aims to help solve Vermont’s shortage of workers

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The Vermont Department of Labor program will provide $1 million for internships, returnships and apprenticeships.

Liz Knight isn’t your typical college student.

The Albany, Vermont, resident wasn’t interested in the traditional four-year university experience when she graduated from high school 20 years ago. Soon after that, she had her first child.  

She did go to college at 30, aiming to get a graphic design degree, but then “life happened” and she had to drop out. 

The next several years were a struggle. A mother of two, Knight says she took on dead-end job after dead-end job, living paycheck to paycheck and barely making ends meet. She was tired, overworked and felt like she “was not getting anywhere.” 

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