In the News: Cuyahoga County’s Workforce Connect

Workforce Connect — the OMA-endorsed industry sector partnership serving Cuyahoga County — was recently in the news for its ACCESS to Manufacturing Careers program.

According to this story by Spectrum News, the ACCESS program — with its diversity scholarships and training — are helping companies find talent, while giving ex-offenders a second chance to be productive members of society. MAGNET, which is Northeast Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), expects that a couple hundred individuals will find manufacturing employment through the ACCESS program. 1/11/2021