CareerWise Colorado and UnitedHealthcare to Launch Apprenticeship Program in Mesa County
January 11 2017 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
- UnitedHealthcare to fund a
CareerWise program manager position in Mesa County
- Apprenticeship program will create
employment opportunities with long-term impact
UnitedHealthcare and CareerWise Colorado will help expand
CareerWise Colorado youth apprenticeships in Mesa County, along
Colorado’s Western Slope.
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UnitedHealthcare will fund a Mesa County-based program manager
position for the next two years to enhance CareerWise’s efforts in
the greater Grand Junction area. The program manager’s role is to
work with local CareerWise Colorado partners to develop, launch and
manage apprenticeship opportunities for working-age high-school
students in Mesa County.
“Grand Junction is an innovative and motivated community that
sees the power of this program and has hit the ground running to
promote these apprenticeships. Our partners, like the Grand
Junction Chamber of Commerce, Mesa School District 51 and Western
Colorado Community College, are doing incredible work to ensure
students have the skills needed to continue growing the local
economy. We thank UnitedHealthcare for funding this new program
manager position, which we believe will be invaluable to the
community,” said Noel Ginsburg, founding CEO of CareerWise
Colorado.
CareerWise is shaping Colorado’s workforce through innovative,
business-led youth apprenticeships. The nonprofit coordinates
apprenticeships among businesses, students and educators that
create long-term impact. Students completing the program earn wages
while gaining real-world skills, industry credentials and college
credit that provide them with options to enter the workplace in
high-paying jobs or continue their education. Businesses benefit
from the program as they take a more hands-on approach to building
their own skilled and loyal workforces.
“CareerWise apprenticeships help local businesses grow and
succeed,” said Beth Soberg, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Colorado.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to partner with
CareerWise to develop the potential of youth in communities along
the Western Slope, and to support the growth of this apprenticeship
program in the communities of Mesa County.”
The Mesa County-based program manager will help ensure students
are employed by training company partners starting later this
summer. Participating businesses will offer positions in technology
fields, project management and business operations, and advanced
manufacturing.
About CareerWise
Colorado:
CareerWise Colorado is building a statewide system of youth
apprenticeships that create pathways for students to access
high-demand, high-paying careers at leading Colorado companies.
Student apprentices also work toward high school graduation and
earn postsecondary credit, industry credentials or both in their
chosen career path. Established by the Business
Experiential-Learning (BEL) Commission created by Gov. John
Hickenlooper and chaired by Noel Ginsburg, CEO of Intertech
Plastics, CareerWise Colorado will launch its first apprenticeships
in 2017 in school districts in metro Denver, the Northern Front
Range, and the Western Slope. 20,000 youth apprentices, or about 10
percent of Colorado students in their last two years of high
school, are expected to participate by 2027. More information about
CareerWise Colorado is available at
http://www.careerwisecolorado.org/ or follow @CareerWiseCO on
Twitter.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live
healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. The company offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers,
military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare
and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1
million physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and
other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the
businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune
50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit
UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareLisa Contreras,
520-444-6600Lisa_Contreras@uhc.comorCareerWise ColoradoRyan
Gensler, 720-891-5917ryan.gensler@careerwisecolorado.org
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