Skills Enhancement Program: $10,000
The Women's Fund has invested $32,500 in the Skills Enhancement Program over the past three years. This powerful program provides opportunities for low-wage workers to access the education and training needed to qualify for higher paying jobs leading to financial security. To ensure the student's success, supportive case management is provided along with financial assistance for tuition, books, supplies and education related child care and transportation.
The Skills Enhancement Program recently celebrated a major milestone. Linsey, who graduated in October, was officially recorded as the 1000th graduate! Her story exemplifies the success that all participants strive to reach. Linsey is a single mother who was working, but struggling to make her family’s budget balance each month. She knew that going back to school would be the best way to ensure her financial security, so she enrolled in school but was unsure how she would be able to afford the cost of tuition and books along with child care and travel expenses. She then learned about the Skills
Enhancement Program and realized that earning a degree could be possible for her.
The program was able to provide financial assistance as well as encouragement, guidance and support while she balanced school, work and family. All her hard work paid off with a degree earned in the Surgical Technologist program at NWTC in October 2019. She now has the skills and credentials she needs to work in her chosen career. She has been hired to work in a hospital with full time hours, benefits provided by her employer, and an increase in her wage of $11.92 per hour!
Thank you to the Women's Fund for supporting this program!
