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CareerSource Central Florida also provides no-cost recruitment, retention and training for employers, including: Training award programs which may pay for up 50% of a company’s direct training costs (up to $100,000) An online job bank, where employers can post job openings and reach job-seekers across the state.
The Bright Futures Scholarship Program was meant to emulate neighboring state Georgia's HOPE Scholarship. [citation needed] Originally the Program disbursed just above 42,000 scholarships for about $70 million. [ 1 ] At the program's peak in 2008, it provided scholarships to 39% of Florida high school graduates, [ 2 ] including 94 percent of ...
Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitationis a federal-state program in the U.S. stateof Floridathat provides services to people who have physical or mental disabilitiesto help them get or keep a job. [1][2][3] Its headquarters is located in Tallahassee, Floridaand it has 90 local offices. Programs include Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services ...
Career Pathways. Career Pathways is a workforce development strategy used in the United States to support students' transition from education into the workforce. This strategy has been adopted at the federal, state and local levels in order to increase education, training and learning opportunities for America’s current and emerging workforce.
The Job Corps was originally designed by a task force established by Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz reporting to his Manpower Administrator Sam Merrick. [5] In 1962, the youth unemployment rate was twice the non-youth unemployment rate and the purpose of the initiative was to create a program whereby Youth members of the program could spend half of their time improving national parks and ...
The Fresh Air Fund is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit agency founded in 1877. At sleep-away camps in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, visiting volunteer host families along the East Coast in NYC-based programs, children get to have new experiences, learn new skills and gain new perspectives. Fresh Air children also participate in year-round ...
This program is designed to provide financial support for first-generation, financially disadvantaged students working toward a bachelor's degree. The first need-based scholarship was dispersed in the summer of 2006, and during the 2006-2008 academic years $3.6 million has been given to students at the University of Florida.
In 1976, the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services was incorporated with an office in Tampa. In 1981, the Florida Legislature provided state funds for runaway services for the first time. In 1982, the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services opened its Tallahassee office. In 1984, the Florida Runaway Youth and Family Act was passed.