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Latinos in Action asks for funding to expand micro-credential and workforce readiness programming

2248709 · February 7, 2025
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Latinos in Action described statewide leadership and micro-credential programming it says prepares Latino high-school students for college, careers, and community health screening roles; presenters asked the subcommittee to consider support as part of RFA round.

Jose Enrique, CEO and founder of Latinos in Action, described the group’s 24-year high-school leadership course and asked the Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee to consider funding support during a Feb. 7 RFA presentation.

Enrique said Latinos in Action runs a leadership, service-learning and college-readiness course that now operates statewide: "We're 24 years, that we've been here since 02/2001… We are a course across the state…

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