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Education: A Shared, Local Responsibility
Education is the most important investment communities make. HEA has created a model in which our region supports the education of individuals beginning at birth and continuing through adulthood. Addressing community-wide education is an urgent local priority....
read moreLocal Industry Launches Apprentice Program
Local industry identified the Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship program as the best strategy to create the skilled workforce they need. Apprenticeships provide companies with employees learning new skills on the job. They also create...
read more1,922 Eighth Graders Explore Local Careers
Just two years ago, Elkhart County had no programs introducing students to careers in our largest economic sector: manufacturing. In October 2016, local manufacturing businesses and middle schools came together to launch Manufacturing Days. During...
read moreKindergarten Readiness for Hundreds of Students
As a county, we have historically struggled to offer high-quality pre-kindergarten opportunities. HEA helped bring together early childhood leaders across the county who designed a multi-year process to train 50 preschool educators in the “Tools of the...
read more1,900 Parents Receive Parenting Support
When HEA began, only a handful of organizations in Elkhart County provided direct parenting support. Now, 60 organizations across every sector are providing evidence-based parenting support through Triple P, a nonprofit parenting program, reaching over 1,800 parents....
read moreThe Difference Maker
By Sherry Welty, HEA Coach and Career Counselor Elizabeth Rodriguez is a CRCA (Certified Registered Care Assistant) Preceptor at Waterford Crossing, an independent living facility in Goshen associated with Trilogy Health Services. She has been caring for...
read moreElkhart County Secures Millions for Education and Named Talent Hub
In the last month, our community has been able to acquire more than $5 million dollars of new funding for education, on top of the more than $4 million raised locally over the past six years. Additionally, the Lumina Foundation named Elkhart County a...
read moreYou Have Dreams? You’ve Gotta Fight For It
Manny Cortez is one of 61 apprentices in a new bilingual Certified Production Technician (CPT) program. The CPT program is part of a new HEA partnership with the Department of Labor Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship program. Hear his...
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