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Adult education program reports strong enrollment, Hub Grant stipends and $64,000 net revenue
Summary
The adult education director said the MassHire/Concore Hub Grant enabled expanded medical assisting training for 27 students, with most eligible for a $5,000 stipend (an initial $2,500 paid after two weeks); the program generated about $64,000 net this semester.
Lena Turner, the adult education director, told trustees the semester exceeded expectations: medical assisting, culinary arts, electrical, welding and other adult education classes ran with solid enrollment and the medical assisting cohort produced strong revenue.
Turner said the MassHire/Concore Hub Grant supported most medical assisting students; for training programs over 90 days the Hub Grant includes a $5,000 stipend for qualifying students, with an initial $2,500 payment after two weeks of successful participation. “We netted a little over $64,000 on that,” Turner said when summarizing program finances.
Turner described program logistics: classes sometimes must be split when space is limited, instructor availability limits seats in trades, and some new courses were delayed due to insufficient enrollment or lack of instructors (notably a licensed plumbing instructor). She also explained that the Hub Grant funding is administered through MassHire and that students who receive stipends should check how the income may affect benefits such as SNAP or child‑care subsidies.
Trustees commended the program’s 100% pass rate on the certification exam last semester and asked staff to continue outreach to increase instructor pipelines for hard‑to‑staff trades.
