Arizona: Workforce and education working together

Cochise County, Arizona’s Daily Dispatch reports that Cochise College and Cochise County Workforce Development One-Stop Centers are working together to bring recruit workers for healthcare employers in their region. Read the article here. Their work drew the attention of state’s Department of Education, who awarded them a significant grant to aid the project. They’re drawing primarily on Adult Education students who face various personal impediments to training.Cochise serves as another example of the importance of Workforce and Education pooling resources and working together to aid local economies and workers.