A local CareerTech center thinks a scholarship program it created with federal coronavirus relief funds has been so successful, it could be a statewide model for getting people into better-paying jobs or back to work in Oklahoma’s most in-demand industries.
Tri County Tech used a $1 million grant funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act for scholarships to get hundreds of unemployed and underemployed workers into accelerated job training programs.