The school's focus is on job placement for its graduates.
The benefits were soon apparent given the high job placement results with his students.
"Good to know I have an alternate job placement to fall back on."
Federal and state reports have found that many of the schools offer little meaningful training or job placement.
The ultimate cost per job placement: about $17,600 in public funds.
He also helped set up programs to help them find long-term housing, job placement, and education within Houston.
The agency is responsible for job placement, social security, working conditions and wages.
During the same period, the agency said it had made a total of 412,000 job placements for those on public assistance.
Services are continued after high school graduation, including job placement and financial assistance through college.
And they both intend to support only those training programs that emphasize job placement.