Attention Community Partners, Faculty, Staff, Students and Parents, —
Georgia Northwestern Technical College requests your help completing a needs assessment in person to strengthen our application for federal funding to enhance our academic programs, thereby impacting your current and future workforce and/or employment opportunities.
What federal funding are we applying for exactly? It’s through the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (commonly referred to as Perkins V), a bipartisan reauthorization of previous Carl D. Perkins federal programs. Funding for Perkins V represents the largest federal investment in career and technical education provided to states.
The purpose of Perkins V is to (1) develop challenging academic and technical skills that prepare students for employment in high skill, high wage or in-demand occupations; (2) Provide services and activities designed to develop, implement and improve Career and Technical Education; (3) Support partnerships between secondary and postsecondary institutions, local workforce investment boards, business and industry, and; (4) Increase employment opportunities for populations who are chronically unemployed or underemployed, including individuals with disabilities, individuals with economic disadvantaged families, out-of-workforce individuals, youth who are in or have aged out of foster care, and homeless individuals.
Your participation and feedback are vital to this effort. GNTC will host four sessions, with two occurring at our Floyd County Campus and two at our Whitfield Murray Campus. Please register for one of the focus group that best suits your schedule.
Thank you!