State Senator Obama Delivers $400,000 to Kennedy King College for Job Training Program.Business/Education Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 State Senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate Barak Barak (bā`răk), in the Bible, leader from N Canaan who fought, with Deborah, against Jabin and Sisera. Obama presented $400,000 in State Funds today to the Kennedy King College Opening Doors Changing Lives Program saying, "The program makes a huge difference in people's lives at key points in their careers." Funding was acquired through the Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. Community College Board. Interim President Wellington Wilson says, "This particular grant enables us to provide teaching, mentoring and leadership to students society identifies as being marginal. Through this program we are able to increase their job marketability Marketability A negotiable security is said to have good marketability if there is an active secondary market in which it can easily be resold. marketability The ease with which an investment may be bought and sold in the secondary market. , put them in positions of employment and in some cases, help them become entrepreneurs." The program is designed to meet the needs of unemployed and under employed individuals who can benefit from education and job-training programs. The primary objective of the program is to provide quality comprehensive, accessible, affordable education and training that meets the needs of the rapidly changing job market. Monica Handy-Brown entered the eight week Basic Nursing Program to increase her certification rating and emerged an entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. , "Eight weeks of hard work and study has paid off to a life time of positive return. Opening Doors and Changing Lives acted as a channel for me to pursue my own goals. It provided me with an opportunity to increase my education and to increase my earning potential which I will be doing shortly with my own corporation." Ms. Brown aims to establish a Personal Care Service company. Opening Doors and Changing Life's offers job training programs in the following areas: Heating Ventilation ventilation, process of supplying fresh air to an enclosed space and removing from it air contaminated by odors, gases, or smoke. Proper ventilation requires also that there be a movement or circulation of the air within the space and that the temperature and , Air Conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. training, Basic Nursing Assistant, Medical Office Assistant, Computer Applications and Office Training. Senator Obama inaugurated the program last year with a $500,000 grant and says the renewed funding represents a continuing commitment to job training programs in our community. |
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