NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, applauds the U.S. Department of Labor for investing in health care training programs in high-need Chicago communities. The $3.4 million award will be used to fund the Carreras en Salud program, providing low-income, low-skilled Latinos with a structured but flexible, multientry career pathway to skilled nursing and allied- healthcare occupations. “Latinos have been overrepresented in high-unemployment occupations in this and other industries. These types of programs provide entry-level workers with high-demand skills. Latinos represent a growing and needed pool of future health care workers in this rapidly expanding industry, even while the labor force in many other industries is shrinking,” said NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía. “NCLR is thankful to Secretary Solis and the Department of Labor for supporting the Carreras en Salud program, enabling Latinos to find quality jobs that help lift their families out of poverty.”
http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/61882/
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