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Board agrees to move forward with regional 'Bridges' workforce grant despite new local‑match requirement
Summary
Spotsylvania County staff and schools asked the board to authorize negotiation and acceptance of a FY2025 Regional Bridges workforce grant that now requires a 25% local match; the School Board agreed to backstop funding and the supervisors voted to proceed and to pursue grant‑funding options from community foundations and partner localities.
Susan Hahn, coordinator of the Bridge to the Future Program, told the board the program — funded by the Virginia Department of Social Services and serving TANF families — provides GED, English‑language acquisition, workplace skills and job‑placement assistance. She said the program has operated regionally for 20 years but the current award carries a new 25% local match requirement.
“...we have to move forward. We have a deadline from the state of August 16. We have to let them know whether or not…
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