Workforce development initiative reports $2.7M impact in Sarasota

A woman with no driver’s license and no car turned to a workforce development program in Sarasota for help. She had a job at a fast food restaurant and took public transportation or a scooter to get there.

After receiving weeks of automotive training through CareerEdge’s Bridges to Careers Fast Track program, her life changed.

“Since the program, she’s got a great job with benefits, paid time off, and she’s been able to save up and buy her own car,” CareerEdge Manager Kevin Golumbeck says in an interview with the Business Observer. “She’s been able to transfer the knowledge that she has gained to her children.”