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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT The Missouri Chamber Foundation also focuses on the state’s workforce shortages through employer-led solutions that expand opportunity and drive economic growth. Over the last five years, through our workforce development initiatives, the Missouri Chamber Foundation has deployed more than $10.5 million in state and federal grants to train Missourians for high demand jobs. In all, the Missouri Chamber Foundation has connected more than 5,500 Missourians to careers in IT and health care and partnered with hundreds of employers across the state to grow their workforces. But we are not stopping there. A $250,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will allow the Missouri Chamber Foundation to extend its successful apprenticeship model to manufacturing careers in 2026. Professional development programs like Leadership Missouri, now in its 35th year, and our hiring academies, the newest addition to the Missouri Chamber Foundation, are helping employers refine their skills. The Missouri Chamber Foundation also reaches into K-12 schools to help Missouri students see what is possible. Through our Show-Me Careers program, the Missouri Chamber Foundation has engaged 1,400 educators and impacted 182,000 students statewide, helping connect classrooms with careers and prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow. Through a partnership with rootEd, the program operates in 11 communities across the state, including Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia, Cape Girardeau, Joplin, St. Joseph, Rolla, West Plains, Hannibal, Carthage and Sedalia. Health Care Career Day is an annual, virtual event that allows students to learn more about careers in health care. The program, provided in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, reaches thousands of students annually and has been expanded to 28 additional states.
Missouri Chamber Foundation Annual Report
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