Examples from Missouri
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State Profiles https://www.doleta.gov/taaccct / Total Funding: $65,091,371 Statewide Outcomes Missouri TAACCCT Grants: 7 102 programs Colleges Programs Cottey College Crowder College Launched East Central College Jefferson College = 10 programs Linn State Technical College 13,564 participants Metropolitan Community College Mineral Area College Missouri State University-West Plains Participants Moberly Area Community College = 1,000 participants North Central Missouri College Ozarks Technical Community College Ranken Technical College St. Charles Community College 26,077 credentials St. Louis Community College State Fair Community College Credentials State Technical College of Missouri Earned Three Rivers Community College The data presented reflects final grantee reporting as of September 30, 2018. = 1,000 credentials See explanatory information at https://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/state-profiles.cfm Bolded colleges are grant leads The U.S. Department of Labor’s TAACCCT grant program was a major investment in building the capacity of community colleges. Grant funds were not used for tuition, but to create or enhance programs of study that lead to industry-recognized credentials, upgrade equipment, support student success toward completion, and more. TAACCCT supported colleges to better serve workers eligible for training under the TAA for Workers program, as well as a broad range of other adults. TAACCCT grant funding ended in 2018; its ongoing impact is documented in third-party evaluations. Examples from Missouri Through its TAACCCT grants, Missouri’s community and Industry Emphasis of Programs of Study technical colleges took a comprehensive systems approach in partnering with employers and the workforce system to create or transform more than 100 programs of study in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and STEM fields, benefitting thousands of unemployed or underemployed Missourians. The independently-governed community colleges also have learned to collaborate on an entirely new scale. For example, all the Information Technology Manufacturing state’s community colleges and Workforce Development Boards have established joint memoranda of understanding, and the colleges have contracted with the Boards to provide employment-related services, such as job placement. St. Louis Community College, lead college for the Mississippi Healthcare River Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Consortium, Agriculture Transportation partnered with the Missouri Department of Transportation to train new hires using the department’s highway maintenance To find free and open career and technical training resources produced by colleges vehicles. The department has agreed to give hiring priority to using TAACCCT funds, visit https://www.skillscommons.org/. participants and to interview all program completers. Missouri Example: The Missouri Manufacturing Workforce Innovation Networks (MoManufacturingWINs) consortium uploaded 128 learning resources and program INSIGHT: Sector Strategies in the MRTDL Consortium – Final support materials on advanced manufacturing. Report .