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2022 Talent Strong Florida Summit — Presenter PowerPoint Presentations
We loved connecting with everyone at the 2022 Talent Strong Florida Summit! More than 300 changemakers from various sectors — including business and community leaders, policymakers, K-12 counselors and educators, college and university administrators and faculty,...
Key takeaways from “Legislative Session Recap: Creating a Talent Strong Florida through Policy”
Guest presenters: Sen. Keith Perry (R-Gainesville) Rep. Amber Mariano (R-Hudson) FCAN Host: Deborah Martin, Policy Analyst Florida lawmakers passed 275 bills and a record-breaking $112.1 billion budget during the most recent legislative session. Major policy changes...
Join us on May 26 for “Empowerment through Education: A ‘Seats at the Table’ Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion”
Panelists: Chris Farina, Filmmaker, Seats at the Table documentary, Rosalia Films Neil Volz, Deputy Director, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Kimberly Moore, Vice President of Workforce Innovation and TCC2WORK, Tallahassee Community College FCAN host: Charleita...
Key takeaways from “Building Bridges to Workforce Development in Florida’s Rural Communities”
Guest presenters: Leslie Daugherty, Senior Education Designer, Education Design Lab Marcie Moore, Dean of Business, Engineering and Information Technologies, Zane State College Tracy Burger, Director of Member Development, Consortium of Florida Education Foundations...
Register today for “Legislative Session Recap: Creating a Talent Strong Florida through Policy”
Guest presenters: Sen. Keith Perry (R-Gainesville) Rep. Amber Mariano (R-Hudson) FCAN Host: Deborah Martin, Policy Analyst After 63 days of Florida’s Legislative Session, lawmakers have passed 275 bills and a record-breaking $112.1 billion budget, supporting a variety...
FCAN announces 2022 Florida FAFSA Challenge winners!
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Florida FAFSA Challenge, a statewide campaign to increase the proportion of high school seniors completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). As of April 1, 33.1% of Florida public high school...
2022 Florida Legislative Session Recap: Creating a Talent Strong Florida with additional workforce education measures
The 2022 regular legislative session adjourned sine die on March 14th, just a few days after the scheduled end date of March 11th. Lawmakers had to extend in order to vote on a record-breaking $112.1 billion budget, supporting a variety of new and continued...
Urgent Pell Grant issues for families receiving unemployment in 2020
Have your students noticed lower Pell Grant awards this year? If so, they may be in families who received unemployment benefits in 2020, thus resulting in a higher Expected Family Contribution (EFC) - the number representing income and assets used to determine...
Summit Speaker Series — Rethinking Career Pathways: Leveraging Entrepreneurship Education to Prepare Youth for Real Life
“We need youth to start thinking entrepreneurially because our workforce is evolving faster than ever.” Research shows a gap between the workforce readiness skills most sought by employers — including critical thinking and problem-solving — and the preparation and...
Lecanto High is taking a whole-school approach to helping students with college and career
Joshua Brunk acknowledges he’s not the most organized person in the world. That’s one of the reasons Joshua — a senior at Lecanto High in Citrus County — is grateful for his school’s College and Career Center, which was introduced earlier this academic year. “It’s...