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Hired asks for continued career‑pathway and retention funding after prior appropriation placed 90–105 trainees into jobs
Summary
Hired representatives said past state funding supported short‑term career‑pathway training and job retention coaching; SF 798 requests continued support for both components and the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
Senator Champion presented Senate File 798, requesting state support for Hired, a workforce nonprofit that provides career‑pathway training and job retention services connecting low‑income job seekers to employers.
Julie Brecky, Hired president and CEO, told the committee the nonprofit served 4,300 individuals last year, placed about 1,250 people in jobs with an average wage of…
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