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Key Grants $100,000 to Indiana University South Bend for Elkhart Center and Hispanic Workforce Training Program
Key Grants $100,000 to Indiana University South Bend for Elkhart Center and Hispanic Workforce Training Program
Published 10-11-06
Submitted by KeyBank
"Approximately 22 percent of the workforce in the Elkhart area is of Hispanic origin," says Jeff Stone. "Nationally, Hispanics are the largest minority group and yet more than 23 percent live below the poverty level largely due to the language, cultural and economic barriers they face. We are confident this grant will help reduce the effects of those barriers here in the Elkhart area."
Scheduled to begin in January, the workforce training program will focus on the manufacturing sector in Elkhart, with a goal of serving 150 individuals during the first year of the program. Participants will attend class for 90 minutes each week for 16 weeks. Coursework and instruction will be provided by IUSB's Division of Extended Learning Services and La Casa of Goshen, Ind., a community development organization whose mission is to promote strong community and workforce development through a variety of programs designed to assist members of the Hispanic community. Training will be provided both in the workplace and at IUSB's Elkhart Center.
The Key Foundation grant supports the program's objectives to strengthen workforce diversity and inclusion through several occupationally-based training modules including:
"This training program is designed to minimize barriers to economic opportunity by creating a work environment that values the contribution of all members of the workforce," says Jackie Neuman, director of Extended Learning Services at IUSB. "The training will strengthen communication skills in the workplace and help employees develop the life skills needed to fully participate in the economic opportunities of the community."
For more information about the program, contact Neuman at jab5@isub.edu or 574-520-4167.
A private fundraising campaign by Elkhart civic leaders has raised $4 million dollars for construction of the IU South Bend Elkhart Center. Construction is underway, and the facility is expected to be completed in time for classes in fall 2007.
Indiana University South Bend Elkhart Center:
The Elkhart Center is one of Indiana University South Bend's two off-campus learning centers. It offers 40 to 50 different classes per semester with flexible scheduling options for full- and part-time students in the Elkhart area. The Center offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degree programs in select fields as well as first- and second-year course work for most other Indiana University South Bend degree programs. For additional information, visit http://www.iusb.edu/~ocp or call 1.800.321.7834.
KeyCorp:
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $95 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.
Key is one of DiversityInc's 25 Noteworthy Companies demonstrating real diversity strength in at least one of the four areas surveyed -- CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communications and supplier diversity.
Contact Key Foundation Senior Program Officer Quentin McCorvey at 216.689.5505, or Quentin_Mccorvey@Keybank.com, for more information about corporate grants. Visit the KeyCorp page on Corporate Social Responsibility Wire at www.csrwire.com/companyprofile?id=993 for a compilation of news releases about the company relative to philanthropic investment, diversity, community development, corporate governance, environment, business ethics, human rights, and workplace issues.
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KeyBank
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