SCE Supports Training for Green Jobs with $1 Million in Grants to 10 Southern California Community Colleges
Continuing its commitment to supporting community programs devoted to education and the environment, SCE recently launched a $1 million Green Jobs Education Initiative to help train and prepare students at 10 California community colleges for jobs in the fast-growing “green” sector.
Green jobs include fields such as solar panel installation, water and wastewater management, transportation and alternative fuels, biofuels production and farming, environmental compliance and sustainability planning.
SCE will provide $100,000 to each of 10 selected colleges:
- Cerritos College, Norwalk
- Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest
- El Camino College, Torrance
- Golden West College, Huntington Beach
- Long Beach City College, Long Beach
- Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles
- Rio Hondo College, Whittier
- San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino
- Ventura College, Ventura
Each college can then invest these funds in the California Community College Scholarship Endowment to receive an additional $50,000 match from the endowment’s lead benefactor, The Bernard Osher Foundation. As a result, this match to SCE’s gift will total $500,000 and be put to work supporting community college students in need across the state.
This initiative is designed to provide $2,000 scholarships for dozens of students with financial need who are enrolled in green job workforce preparation.
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