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One thing we keep hearing about when we talk about improving Michigan’s economy is that employers are having a difficult time finding workers with the skills they need.  The latest effort to address the problem comes from Kellogg Community College (KCC), thanks to a $3 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Over the next four years, KCC plans to provide Battle Creek residents with no-cost job training, scholarships for college degrees, tailored support services, laptop computers, digital skills training and incentives. KCC is expanding its iACT (Innovative Accelerated Credentialed Training) initiative this year to continue short-term training that equips people for high-demand manufacturing and health care-related jobs and develop new training options in service/retail and phlebotomy. Also, KCC will soon create iACT Next Step, which aims to provide scholarships that iACT participants can use toward associate degrees or certificates.

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