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Health
Care Project Partners with Alamo Community Colleges
for a $359,495 Job-Training Grant
For
Immediate Release
July 26, 2007
Contact:
Ann Hatchitt
(512) 463-8556
Or
ACCD Westside Center at (210) 431-7111
(l
to r) ACCD Board Chair Roberto Zarate; Edgewood ISD
Superintendent Richard Bocanegra; Texas Workforce
Commission (TWC) Chair and Commissioner Diane Rath;
Dr. John Soto, ACCD director of business outreach;
Dan Skikes, board chairman, Alamo WorkSource; ACCD
Chancellor Dr. Bruce Leslie; Dr. Fernando Guerra,
Director of Health, San Antonio Metropolitan Health
District; Dr. Jobie Tucker, ACCD Workforce Director;
Estefana Martinez, Edgewwod ISD trustee; and Dr. Federico
Zaragoza, ACCD vice chancellor for professional, technical
and workforce education, celebrate the $359,495 job
training grant awarded to the Alamo Community Colleges
by TWC.
Photo
by Kay Hendricks
The
Alamo area workforce will benefit from a $359,495
Self-Sufficiency Fund grant that the Texas Workforce
Commission (TWC) administers. The Self-Sufficiency
Fund grant helps individuals transition from public
assistance back into the workforce. Alamo Community
Colleges have partnered with a three-member healthcare
consortium for the grant.
The
grant will be used to create 136 patient care assistant,
public health aid and health educator jobs. Upon completion
of training, workers will earn an average hourly wage
of $10.01. The consortium includes Christus Santa
Rosa, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and
El Centro Del Barrio.
“The
Self-Sufficiency fund helps provide workers with a
better education and guaranteed jobs so that they
can eventually provide for themselves,” state
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte said. “I applaud the
Texas Workforce Commission, Alamo Community Colleges
and the three-member health care consortium for the
partnership that will help strengthen San Antonio’s
economy and benefit hard working San Antonio families.”
“Workforce development and skills training in
health care are at the very heart of economic development
in San Antonio,” state Sen. Carlos Uresti said.
“It is extremely commendable to see how public
education and private partnership can work together
to create over a 130 jobs in the community.”
“The
future of the Alamo economy depends on an educated
and trained workforce being readily available,”
state Rep. Joaquin Castro said. “Thanks to Alamo
Community Colleges and the three-member health care
consortium for their part in helping achieve this
goal and making our workforce stronger.”
“Assisting
all Texans to be self-sufficient is one of our top
priorities,” said TWC Chair and Commissioner
Diane Rath. “Thanks to the Governor and the
Legislature, TWC administers these grants each year,
assisting thousands of Texans to enjoy the rewards
of this great state.”
In
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, Self-Sufficiency Fund grants
created or upgraded 2,564 jobs. The jobs paid an average
hourly wage of $10.24. The grants totaled $5,772,538
million and assisted 42 Texas employers with their
customized training needs. The Legislature has appropriated
more than $6.2 million to the Self-Sufficiency Fund
for the 2008-09 biennium.
Employers
seeking more information about the Self-Sufficiency
Fund may visit the TWC Web site at www.texasworkforce.org.
Alamo Community Colleges contact: Kay Hendricks at
(210) 208-8006 or khendric@accd.edu
The
Texas Workforce Commission is a state agency dedicated
to helping Texas employers, workers and communities
prosper economically. For details on TWC and the services
it offers in unison with its network of local workforce
development boards, call (512) 463-8556 or visit www.texasworkforce.org.
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