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Senate committee hears expansion request for Cairo Center workforce program
Summary
Sen. Mark Putnam introduced Senate File 2505 on March 19, asking the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development to renew and expand state funding for the Cairo Center’s Gateway to Growth workforce program.
Sen. Mark Putnam introduced Senate File 2505 on March 19, asking the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development to renew and expand state funding for the Cairo Center for African Immigrants and Refugees’ Gateway to Growth workforce program.
The bill requests $2,000,000 for the biennium (the sponsors clarified the request is $2,000,000 total over the 2026–27 biennium, not $2,000,000 per year). "This program will connect people with opportunity ... ensuring job placement and career mobility in high-demand industries like information technology, cybersecurity, health care, and commercial driving," Putnam told the committee.
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