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Providers urge state to distribute existing digital inclusion funds to support workforce training

2468914 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

Can Code Communities told lawmakers digital skills are essential for nearly all jobs and urged the state to distribute previously secured federal and state digital inclusion grants faster, rather than wait for new federal funding run through ESD's reimbursement model.

Representatives from Can Code Communities told the committees that digital skills are now essential for 92% of jobs and urged the state to move existing digital inclusion funding into local programs quickly.

What advocates said: CEO Anne Marie Lanacy said the state has already secured federal and state digital inclusion funding (including…

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