PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Community College of Allegheny County is announcing a major workforce development initiative at its North-side campus.
It’s a $65 million fundraising campaign, $44 million of which has already been raised.
It will fund a three story workforce training center will be built on the North Side Campus of CCAC and is going to focus on fields including cyber-security, advanced manufacturing and culinary arts.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald calls it a win-win situation.
“The community needs the workers, these organizations like AHN, UPMC, Et cetera all the things that are happening in Pittsburgh need the workers and our young people need the jobs but they need the skills to be able to access those jobs,” said Fitzgerald.
Highmark and PNC are major funders.
Highmark is separately funding a nurse pilot program, paying tuition for 15 North Side residents a year with the promise of employment at Allegheny General Hospital.
The center will break ground in June 2020 and is scheduled to open in 2022.
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