Committee advances bill to create state internship coordinator at DHRM
HB 54 would establish a State Government Internship Coordinator at the Department of Human Resource Management and fold the COVA Internship Connection Program into DHRM responsibilities; supporters said it would strengthen the workforce pipeline and require no new money.
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Delegate Sullivan told the subcommittee HB 54 would institutionalize the COVID-era COVA Internship Connection Program by creating a state government internship coordinator position at the Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM). The patron said the change would increase marketing of state internships, improve agency coordination, strengthen university connections and improve data collection, and that no new money is required because the position would be funded from existing internship-related state funds.
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