At a rate more than four times what they’d expected, officials say interest in the...
Melissa Farias, 58, is pictured in her office at Endeavors in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 4, 2022. Farias was laid off early in the pandemic and was struggling financially before she enrolled in training for marketing through the city's Train for Jobs program and landed a job with Endeavors after she gradauted from training with her associates in accounting technology ast fall. She is now working full-time and pursuing a bachelors from UTSA.
It’s unclear how many of the 3,400 people who have applied are eligible to enter training through Ready to Work. Participants must be at least 18 years old, eligible to work in the United States and earn less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level, which is about $34,000 for an individual. Michael Ramsey, left, executive director of the City of San Antonio?•s Workforce Development Office, speaks Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 during a press conference at city hall promote the Ready to Work job training program. While flanked by San Antonio city manager Erik Walsh, center, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg.Ready to Work will run for four years and remain open for enrollment through the end of 2025.
Ready to Work will pay tuition for some residents to pursue bachelor’s degrees, but won’t fund a full four-year education. Participants must already have 60 college credits under their belts to seek a bachelor's through the initiative.The precursor program to Ready to Work is called Train for Jobs, which was funded with $55 million made possible by the federal CARES Act.
As of May 31 — the most recent date for which city data is available — over 3,100 people have completed training through Train for Jobs in the 20 months since it opened. About 1,700 people have landed jobs through the initiative, but the pace of hiring increased in 2022: More than 700 have landed a job since the start of the year.
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