Program offers retraining assistance for unemployed

Laid off, unemployed and dislocated workers are now eligible for thousands of dollars in tuition assistance for retraining programs via a partnership among Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College and CNM Ingenuity.

Eligible applicants can receive up to $9,000 in tuition assistance and up to $15,000 if they pursue “stackable credentials,” such as taking a program and a related industry licensure training, a CNM news release said. The money can be used for a wide variety of programs including:

Phlebotomy ■

Residential HVAC ■

Child development certificate ■

Public safety dispatch ■

Lineworker pre-apprentice ■

Digital marketing certificate ■

Medical office receptionist ■

Dietary manager ■

CNM’s Deep Dive Coding Bootcamps ■ The program is funded by $1.1 million in National Dislocated Worker grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor in the fall, according to CNM spokesman Brad Moore.

More information on the program is available at www.cnm.edu/depts/ outreach/nm-workforce-connectionchoose-cnm.