{"id":48,"date":"2023-03-24T15:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/new-grant-pays-for-short-term-training\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T02:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T02:37:53","slug":"new-grant-pays-for-short-term-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/new-grant-pays-for-short-term-training\/","title":{"rendered":"New grant pays for short-term training\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">A\u00a0new grant will pay for residents of Rutherford and Polk counties to get short-term job certifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-1536x1216.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221216-ICC-Workforce-Grant-2048x1622.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The programs include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Professional Truck Driving<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Massage Therapy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Pharmacy Technician<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Healthcare Billing and Coding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Phlebotomy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">EMT and Paramedic Technician<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">And others yet to be scheduled<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cWe are pleased to announce the Isothermal <span class=\"markfrsrk40j2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Workforce<\/span> <span class=\"mark9xzmaz057\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Grant<\/span>, which will help students pay for these <span class=\"markfrsrk40j2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">workforce<\/span> certifications that are not always covered by conventional financial aid,\u201d said Dr. Greg Thomas, vice president of Academic and Student Affairs. \u201cThese are high demand jobs in healthcare, transportation and human services that pay well and can provide great opportunity in our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The money for the new <span class=\"mark9xzmaz057\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">grant<\/span> program comes from Isothermal\u2019s institutional scholarship funds and was approved late last year by the college\u2019s board of trustees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">For information about signing up for any of these programs, contact Dee Spurlin at\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><a id=\"LPlnk777541\" href=\"mailto:dspurlin@isothermal.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\">dspurlin@isothermal.edu<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or 828-395-1416.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0new grant will pay for residents of Rutherford and Polk counties to get short-term job certifications. The programs include: Professional Truck Driving Massage Therapy Pharmacy Technician Healthcare Billing and Coding Phlebotomy EMT and Paramedic Technician And others yet to be scheduled \u201cWe are pleased to announce the Isothermal Workforce Grant, which will help students pay&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/new-grant-pays-for-short-term-training\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"article_type":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continuing-education","category-financial-aid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New grant pays for short-term training\u00a0 - Spring 2023, Volume 8 \u2013 Issue 1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/isothermal.mycareerfocus.org\/spring-2023-volume-8-issue-1\/new-grant-pays-for-short-term-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New grant pays for short-term training\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A\u00a0new grant will pay for residents of Rutherford and Polk counties to get short-term job certifications. 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