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CareerEdge Awards Workforce Funding to Local Employers
The grants totaled $206,918.
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CareerEdge Funders Collaborative, a workforce initiative of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, recently awarded a total of $206,918 in grants to local healthcare and manufacturing employers to help "upskill" employees and increase wages.The six grant awards will train a total of 442 employees in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Grants were awarded to Tidewell Hospice, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Life Care Center, KHS and PGT Innovations.