Services Offered

• Customized Workforce Training
• Apprenticeship Programs
• Continuing Education Units
• Incubator Space

Demonstrated Performance

• Over 42,500 trainees/students trained in the past nine
  years.
• Over $30,000,000 received in federal, state and local
  grants in the past eight years.

Delivery System

• Customer oriented
• Responsive to employers’ needs
• First class training facility
• Support and commitment of STC’s Administration, Board and Community

State Recognition

• Received a $2.1 million grant from Texas Governor Rick
  Perry to provide start-up costs for workforce centers in
  Hidalgo and Starr counties. The project trained 4,375
  new and existing jobs.
• Received 13 Skills Development Fund grants and 7 Self-
  Sufficiency Fund grants from the Texas Workforce
  Commission, thereby establishing a successful track
  record based on performance.

National Recognition

Received a $5 million in H-1B and High Growth grants from the U.S. Department of Labor to support South Texas Manufacturers Association (STMA) Apprenticeship Programs in partnership with Workforce Solutions. STMA employers contributed $5 million to the project. This program established a Regional Community College Apprenticeship Training Alliance between South Texas College, Texas State Technical College and Texas Southmost College.

Training Incentives for U.S. Employers

• Department of Labor
• Development Corporation of McAllen
• City of McAllen
• Self-Sufficiency Fund
• Skills Development Fund
• Workforce Investment Act

Employer Involvement

• 343 employers served.
• Employers awarded The Partnership an “A” on customer
  quality satisfaction.