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CSN receives $225K investment to support workforce program

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Posted at 12:38 PM, Jan 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-14 18:07:04-05

The CSN Foundation received a $225,000 philanthropic investment from JPMorgan Chase to support the College of Southern Nevada’s Division of Workforce & Economic Development programs to address critical workforce training to assist displaced workers in gaining the skills they need to re-enter the workforce.

The investment is part of JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work, a $350 million, five-year global initiative to prepare people for the future of work.

“Workforce training and development is an important part of CSN’s mission, and we will be able to engage more of the long-term unemployed and displaced workers because of the generous support of JPMorgan Chase,” said CSN President Dr. Federico Zaragoza.

“As southern Nevada begins recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, CSN is here to help.”

The support from JPMorgan Chase will allow CSN to increase its capacity for up-skilling and re-skilling programs, by providing three new staff dedicated to helping navigate displaced workers to the training programs that fit their talents and needs and align with the needs of employers in southern Nevada.

These candidates will have access to several new and existing CSN skill training and re-training workforce programs designed to get align graduates to high demand fields, resulting in employment and a career path going forward.