Digital Upskill Pilot Program Launches to Help Those Affected by COVID-19

09/21/2020

该计划将提供免费笔记本电脑，每周600美元的津贴和价值15,000美元的数字培训

Sacramento, सीए—在COVID-19期间，萨克拉门托市的居民希望提高他们的数字技能并接受专业培训, now have their opportunity thanks to a new Digital Upskill Sacramento Pilot Program.

On Monday, the Greater Sacramento Urban League, the अधिक से अधिक Sacramento आर्थिक परिषद and the City of Sacramento will launch a Digital Upskill Sacramento Program in partnership with General Assembly and Merit America. This pilot program will be a reskilling initiative for those affected by COVID-19, 特别关注那些来自代表性不足的社区的候选人，他们希望找到一份技术工作的替代途径.

Program participants will receive a FREE laptop, 参加该计划后，每周600美元，为期9周，并获得IT支持或数据分析的数字证书. The pilot will consist of 40 students, 谁将在10月初完成申请和录取筛选后被选中.

“这个项目的承诺是连接所有的点:为参与者提供高质量的指导和基本收入，使他们能够在没有经济困难的情况下完成培训, and then they are placed in jobs,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said. “在我们努力确保我们所有人都充分参与未来经济的过程中，这可能成为我们整个地区乃至整个地区的榜样.”

大萨克拉门托经济委员会申请了《官方十大网投网址》的救济资金，萨克拉门托市获得了787美元,650 for the program. The Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL) and Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC), 在萨克拉门托一些受影响最严重的社区，是否正在合作提高弱势和失业工人的数字化技能. 根据阿斯彭研究所(Aspen Institute)的数据，超过80%的中等技能工作(82%)需要数字技能. Even before COVID-19, the region was struggling to realize pathways out of poverty. Its most disadvantaged residents suffered the most during this and other downturns, and the alleviation of this was only incrementally better in the great recession recovery. In fact, in its 2018 report, Brookings, “Charting a Course to the Sacramento Region’s Future Prosperity,的调查发现，该地区47%的非洲裔美国居民和42%的拉丁裔居民仍然处于经济劣势. To ensure all residents can change their economic fortunes, 对所有人都能获得的数字技能的需求，无疑是经济向上流动的途径.

“There’s no sign of letup in the speed at which the workplace is becoming digitized,” Greater Sacramento Urban League President Cassandra Jennings said. “我们感谢萨克拉门托市认识到这一点，并投入了大量的《官方十大网投网址》救济资金来帮助受COVID影响和流离失所的工人, as well as, uplift our most vulnerable Sacramento city residents. 直到流行病的危机才意识到数字鸿沟对我们城市和整个地区的不利影响. 数字提升萨克拉门托与GSEC和GA/Merit America的合作伙伴关系为我们的城市居民提供了通往经济自力更生州的技术职业道路的最大途径.”

该项目将于2020年10月至12月进行，之后提供专门的职业指导和支持，直到找到工作.

“为我们服务不足的社区实施这种类型的数字试点计划是我个人的热情，也是我们作为一个社区可以解决的最重要的举措之一,” Greater Sacramento Economic Council President & CEO Barry Broome said. “Currently, we place people into low income jobs after being trained; we need to change the status quo. 我们的社区需要学习如何将技能带入现代经济，并将所有人视为准备为萨克拉门托地区带来价值的资产. 在我们在萨克拉门托地区建立包容性经济的过程中，培训我们未来的劳动力，确保他们拥有数字技能是必不可少的.”

Participants can elect to choose from two tracks for this program either in Data Professional or IT Professional; programs are full-time, virtual and project-based and taught by industry leaders in digital upskilling by General Assembly और Merit America.

“我们很高兴能与大萨克拉门托经济委员会和城市联盟在这一重要倡议上合作. General Assembly是在上一次经济衰退中成立的，目的是让更多的人在新的数字经济中找到工作, 我们很高兴能和我们在Merit America的合作伙伴一起将这种成功模式带到萨克拉门托,” General Assembly Senior Director, Social Impact and External Affairs Tom Ogletree aid. “我们相信萨克拉门托将成为全国学习的重要榜样，因为我们面临着帮助我们的邻居和社区重新掌握经济复苏中高需求工作的集体任务, which more than ever before will demand digital skills and competencies.”

对于想要报名参加该计划的人，他们需要完成以下链接的兴趣调查: www.GreaterSacramento.com/digital-upskill/

People who are eligible for the program must live in the city of Sacramento, have a high school diploma or GED and have a desire to pivot into a new career opportunity. The program hopes to have 400 applications by this Friday.

ABOUT GREATER SACRAMENTO URBAN LEAGUE

Since 1968, Education, 赋权和就业一直是大萨克拉门托城市联盟(GSUL)客户和社区成就的转型支柱。. GSUL的战略总部位于萨克拉门托市的德尔帕索高地社区，在橡树公园和玛丽娜维斯塔设有卫星办事处.  Our mission is to provide the underserved with education, job training and placement opportunities to achieve economic self-reliance. For more information visit us at gsul.org or on Facebook at Sacramento UL.

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