As the region’s workforce expert, WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA
creates partnerships with community stakeholders to identify,
prioritize and craft results-oriented solutions to the key issues
and needs facing our community. With this goal, WCF is constantly
looking back to benchmark our organization and measure our impact.
Here is a look back at what we have done so far – evidence of what
we can continue doing in the future.
Below is the translation for the September section of the 2003
Annual Report:
Arriba! Workforce
WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA, Representative John "Q" Quiñones and
the Osceola County School District partnered to offer a much-needed
program to residents of Osceola County. The program was entitled
Arriba! Workforce and was created to assist single parents, who
primarily speak Spanish, gain valuable English education skills.
Representative Quiñones believes this is an important program
because "English proficiency equates to employability. The private
sector provides English education, but at a cost that the
economically disadvantaged can't afford. With this program, we're
allowing government to do what it does best: provide the service
that the private sector cannot."
Rosalinda Torres, a current student agrees, "This is a wonderful
program. I already know English, but need to improve my grammar.
This class will help me improve my skills and reach my goals."
