Microsoft has announced the expansion of Elevate America, a community initiative that aims to provide twenty-first century technology skills to people in need of employment.
Through the initiative, the software giant will provide $4 million in cash and $6 million in software and technology skills-training support over the next two years to organizations working to develop scalable programs that respond to the skills-training needs of people across the country. In particular, it will seek to work with organizations that support underserved communities, with a special focus on the needs of women and workers between the ages 18 and 25.
Since 2003, Microsoft has been partnering with nonprofit organizations through its Unlimited Potential initiative to support technology skills training in underserved communities across the United States. To date, the initiative has reached more than twenty-seven million people.
“Elevate America: Extending Our Support for Skills Training.” Microsoft Press Release 9/02/10.
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