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Alabama    
    Alabama Community College System: The Ready to Work Program and Hornsby Steel, Inc.

          The Alabama Community College System offers job training at no cost.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia    
    The EdVenture Group: Celebrating 20 Years of Service in West Virginia and Beyond

          EdVenture is driving educational change and empowering Appalachian students.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Clay    
    West Virginia University Research Corporation: Inspiring Hope in the Mountain State

          West Virginia, though improving in many measures, has the most drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people of any other state. Fortunately, the Mountain State also has an incredible host of ARC partners, local leaders, and community members committed to overcoming this challenge. This list includes West Virginia University Research Corporation and the Institute for Community and Rural Health (WVU...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionOhio
							

																			Lawrence    
    Ironton-Lawrence Community Action Organization: Expanding Recovery Ecosystems in OH, KY and WV

          The Ironton-Lawrence Community Action Organization (ILCAO) is dedicated to improving the well-being of residents of Lawrence County, Ohio by providing assistance for housing, homelessness, and nutrition, early childhood services, and job training opportunities. Together these services are having a critical impact in a county where economic distress is steadily increasing. Now, with a $500,000 grant from ARC’s INvestments Supporting Partnerships...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionTennessee
							

																			Hamblen    
    Helping Women Enter the Recovery-to-Work Ecosystem in Appalachian Tennessee

          Across Appalachia, developing a ready workforce must include helping workers re-enter and retain employment. Since 2017, the staff at the Helen Ross McNabb Center in Morristown, Tennessee, has been doing just that. The McNabb Center’s Jail to Work program gives women serving in county jails on drug offenses the...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Braxton    
    On the Road to Recovery with Reintegrate Appalachia

          Individuals overcoming substance use disorder (SUD) often face a series of overwhelming obstacles when reentering their communities. Workplace stigmas around addiction, a lack of transportation to services and unsupportive living situations can all stand in the way of successful long-term recovery. To help individuals navigate these types of barriers,...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Calhoun    
    SWEEP: Training West Virginia’s Entrepreneurs

          “About 80% of West Virginia businesses have 20 or less employees,” said Alyssa Keedy, the Advanced Career Education Coordinator at the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE). Why is that the case? One reason is a disconnect between West Virginia workers and the skills needed by local employers. With many...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionMississippi
							

																			Oktibbeha    
    The Communiversity: Transforming Manufacturing in Mississippi

          The Communiversity at East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence 2.0, is a state-of-the-art workforce training center looking to produce trained workers for some of the world’s most technically advanced manufacturers. ARC has invested $10.7 million in the 135,000-square-foot facility that delivers training and education to support...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Kanawha    
    Appalachian Hatchery: Supporting WV’s Manufacturers

          The Appalachian Hatchery is an innovative advanced manufacturing incubator at Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) in Huntington, West Virginia. Established in 2017 with a $1.5 million ARC POWER grant, along support from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the Hatchery supports manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and business development in West Virginia’s southern most 20 counties –...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionNew York
							

																			Cattaraugus    
    Dream It Do It WNY: A Pathway to Manufacturing Careers

          In Jamestown, New York, the Dream It, Do It program is changing the way girls see manufacturing – and themselves. Though the third-largest industry sector in Western New York, the manufacturing workforce is only comprised 27% by women. As local employers face a serious worker shortage...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionMississippi
							

																			Yalobusha    
    Base Camp Coding in Northern Mississippi: Training the Next Generation of Programmers

          The Base Camp Coding Academy’s Class of 2019. Base Camp Coding Academy (BCCA), a non-profit learning center in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, offers intensive computer programming training to recent northern Mississippi high school graduates free of charge. Based in Water Valley, BCCA was first launched in 2016 as a pilot program in...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionMaryland
							

																			Allegany    
    Allegany College of Maryland Manufacturing Training Program: Western Maryland Works

          Western Maryland Works is a full-service makerspace, small-business incubator project that provides access to technology and equipment, and training facility focusing on machining, welding, and industrial maintenance. With ARC support, Western Maryland Works purchased state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing equipment such as computers, electronic classroom systems, general furnishings, equipment for wood working,...
    
    
    
    
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