SYLMAR : College to Receive Funds for Program
Mission College is slated to receive more than $100,000 in July to expand a training program aimed at increasing the number of skilled workers in several northeast San Fernando Valley communities.
Kay Inaba, an adviser for the college’s Quality Workforce Development Training Program, said the funding will allow the six-month-old program to train an additional 25 students.
Students learn entry-level office skills, such as typing, filing and word processing, during the yearlong program.
“Our contention is the urban poor have the motivation to succeed. We just need to guide that and provide resources,” Inaba said.
The training program, which has 50 students enrolled, started in January with a $286,758 grant from the state Employment Training Panel. The Private Industry Council of Los Angeles, which oversees the Job Training Partnership Act program, has allocated $101,723 in federal funds for the program for fiscal year 1993-94.
Inaba said the first pool of 50 students have finished one semester of instruction and will begin a second semester in the fall.
The students, who live in Pacoima, San Fernando and Sylmar, are expected to be ready to enter the San Fernando Valley work force by January, 1994.
“The idea is to help improve the quality of life for the entire community. We select people motivated to do so,” Inaba said.
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