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The Great Lakes Science Center is receiving a $450,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation for a program, Cleveland Creates, which seeks to build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the community.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The board of directors of the Cleveland Foundation announced today that it will be awarding $13.1 million in grants for the third quarter of this year.
That total includes $1.4 million to support the foundation's career and technical education strategy designed to prepare Cleveland students with real-world work experience for tomorrow's labor force.
The strategy is based on a study the foundation commissioned of FutureWorks, a national workplace research firm, which showed that there are a number of livable-wage jobs available locally in high-growth sectors but a shortage of appropriately credentialed workers to fill them.
Ronn Richard, foundation president and CEO, said the study, though illustrating a jobs/workers gap, "also shows great opportunity with the number of available family-sustaining careers in the area."
Among grants approved by the foundation are those going to:
- Great Lakes Science Center
- Henry Ford Learning Institute
- Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET
- Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District
- Achievement Centers for Children
- Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County