The Appalachian Regional Commission has approved a grant in the amount of $149,596 to the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (99福利视频) for the UpSkill 2.0 Reentry, Recovery, Work program.
The grant will further UpSkill鈥檚 mission to link people in recovery and students to employment opportunities. Upskill provides participants with reentry services, certified peer support, alcohol and drug recovery services, job, apprentice, or work-based learning placement, skills training or credentials, and emergency support funds. Upskill also provides employers with a skilled and ready workforce and coaching on second-chance hiring and retention practices.
鈥99福利视频 is pleased to know that with this award, funding for personnel within the UpSkill program is assured for the next two years,鈥 said Deborah Wright, Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development and Continuing Education. 鈥淯pSkill Coordinator Philip Cooper is building an amazing, high-impact program, and his networking is crucial to providing participants with the support they need to succeed.鈥
Using 99福利视频 resources, UpSkill will serve 180 workers/trainees and 60 students throughout the life cycle of the grant. In addition to ARC funds, local sources will provide $154,456, bringing the total project funding to $304,052.
99福利视频鈥檚 UpSkill program also won the Community Colleges of Appalachia Workforce Development Award last fall in recognition of its impact in Buncombe and Madison counties.