Entries by CareerEdge

Three Join Board of Trustees at Doctors Hospital

Mireya Eavey, Executive Director of CareerEdge Funders Collaborative, has joined the Doctors Hospital Board of Trustees. The new members will help guide and advise the leadership team at Doctors Hospital. Read More: Business Observer SRQ Magazine Sarasota Magazine Doctors Hospital

Career Quest

United Way Suncoast and CareerEdge have partnered to create Career Quest – a career exploration and college savings program for low-income rising high school juniors in Sarasota County. The pilot program has the following components: • Matched College Savings Account opened for each participating student through a partnership with United Way Suncoast and SunTrust Bank. […]

Sarasota County Students Talk Career Pathways with Local Engineers

SARASOTA, Fla. (February 8, 2018) — The Talent4Tomorrow Partnership, CareerEdge Funders Collaborative, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and Sarasota County Schools Career and Technical Education Program hosted the 3rd annual “Experience Engineering Luncheon” on Friday, February 2nd at Suncoast Technical College. 125 high school juniors and seniors met with engineers from 22 local companies […]

Winter Newsletter 2018

Check out the 2018 CareerEdge Winter Newsletter Contents Include: CareerEdge Unites Local Dealerships to Support Automotive Careers Senator Nelson’s Regional Director Visits Healthcare Collaborative Workforce Forum in St. Petersburg Regional Competitiveness Report 2018 PERC, Pinellas County Ex-Offender Re-Entry Coalition Middle School College Campus Tours 2017 Internship Reimbursement Program

CareerEdge Hosts National Workforce Development Meeting

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions, which has a network of 33 regional collaboratives in 26 states, gathered for a Site Director meeting this month in Tampa and was hosted by local National Fund member CareerEdge Funders Collaborative. The National Fund is a Washington D.C. based non-profit that focuses on economic and workforce prosperity by […]

Sarasota County Students Receive Financial Aid Assistance

  The Talent4Tomorrow Partnership, a community collaboration targeting local college attainment rates, is offering free assistance to Sarasota County families to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Learn More About This Opportunity: Press Release Sarasota Herald Tribune FAFSA Lab Photos

Federal Aid Assistance for Sarasota County Students

SARASOTA, Fla. (January 25, 2018) — The Talent4Tomorrow Partnership, a community collaboration targeting local college attainment rates, is offering free assistance to Sarasota County families to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Trained community volunteers from CareerEdge Funders Collaborative, UnidosNow and United Way Suncoast, as well as financial aid officers from Ringling […]

Meet the Executive Director of CareerEdge

Mireya Eavey, Executive Director of CareerEdge and United Way Suncoast Sarasota and DeSoto Area President, shares her passion with the Sarasota Business Observer.  Learn a little more about her and her new adventures here!

Governor Scott Awards Grant to MTC

Governor Rick Scott visited Manatee Technical College to award the first grant from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund.  The grant is for $201,500 in funding  from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). This funding will support the purchase of high-tech equipment needed to expand the workforce training programs in Advanced Manufacturing and Production Technology, which […]