JONESBORO — During its Sept. 19 regular meeting, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a contribution of $75,000 to a workforce partnership in the North Clayton area.
The partnership is with the Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance, Strive Atlanta, and Clayton County Public Schools.
In an August County Commission work session, Strive Atlanta officials spoke to county commissioners and originally asked for a $100,000 contribution from Clayton County.
Strive Atlanta was then able to get $20,000 from the Clayton County Board of Education and $5,000 from United Way to reduce the county’s contribution to $75,000.
It’s possible that the $75,000 will come from ARPA money and not from the county’s general fund.
Strive — a career training program —began in 1984 in New York and expanded to Atlanta in 2020.
The Clayton County program will be based at North Clayton High School and will only be for Clayton County residents.
Programs of study include logistics (which includes forklift certification) and office administration support.
“In 1984, STRIVE was founded in East Harlem to tackle the chronic unemployment and poverty that plagued disenfranchised communities across New York City,” information from the strive.org website stated. “Our groundbreaking approach of intensive mindset training and long-term wraparound support services proved to be a successful model for helping people who face the greatest societal barriers to upward mobility access good jobs with pathways to promising careers and financial empowerment.”
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