Lou Ponsi at The Orange County (California) Register reports the Rancho Santiago Community College District has secured nearly $8 million in grant funding from the State of California to fund a total of 16 Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Programs between the District’s two Colleges.  Santa Ana College has received $720,000 for Apprenticeships in Automotive, Culinary and Computer Support Careers, as well as careers in Forensics, Human Resources and Legal Assistant and Interpreter.  The grant funding also includes $1.125 million each for Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon Colleges’ Early Childhood Educator Apprenticeship Program and $1.5 million for SAC’s Bilingual Educator Apprenticeship Program, which prepares students to become Para-Educational Professionals for School Districts.  Santiago Canyon College (SCC) additionally received $480,000 for Bio-Technology, Accounting, Nursing and Medical Assistant Programs.  SCC’s grant funding also includes a $2.69 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to prepare students from under-represented backgrounds for high-paying occupations in energy, utilities and construction.

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