like lashana.aunchcode's first class came in unemployed. ninety percent of its graduates were hired full time, with an average starting salary of $50,000 a year. [applause] so that's what's already happening, but it's happening at a small scale. and what we need to do is expand it. and in each of your communities, there is an opportunity to find talent like lashana, help them get credentialed, help them focus the skills they've already got, work with non-for-profits work with businesses, match them up. next thing you know, you've got a systems engineer, they've got a good job. companies are excited, they're able to expand. your tax base is improving. you can reach out and train even more folks. you get on a virtuous cycle of change. and it doesn't require huge amounts of money. it requires some planning and organization, and coordination in the federal government is going to be your partner in this process. so we've got to create more stories like lashana's. [applause] and if we do, then we are goi