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2021 IEC NATIONAL AWARDS CHAPTER AWARDS

IEC CHAPTER OF THE YEAR (CATEGORY C)
IEC FLORIDA WEST

COAST CHAPTER

IEC Florida West Coast Chapter has seen steady growth for apprenticeship programs. This will greatly benefit chapter,
2021 including a 5% increase in Apprenticeship and a 5% members and apprentices as it will allow an increase of number of
growth in membership. seats demand. Funding at partner institutions was down due to
COVID and they would not have been able to offer as many seats
This year COVID proved to be a challenge but didn’t slow IEC without this grant. This grant funds enabled them to purchase
Florida West Coast down. Some of their events include, partnering computers, tablets and other key technical resources to continue
with educational institutions to host wire off on their campus. to improve the apprenticeship offering utilizing all the online
IEC Florida West Coast hired a professional company to help live resources of IEC and ATP.
stream the event during COVID protocols, while still delivering
value to members, sponsors and enabling friends, families, and IEC Florida West Coast hosted many job/career fairs, including
classmates to watch the day-long competition live. The Chapter a sponsored career fair with Representative Toledo and Senator
also hosted Legislative Day Not on The Hill, a lunch with local, Cruz. They also partnered with Marchman Technical College on
state and national elected officials and candidates. They applied grants to expand, as well as Tallahassee Community College to
for State Career Grant as their own entity for a state Pathways implement an apprenticeship program and partnered with AMI
To Career Opportunities Grant, and were awarded $100,000+ and DOJ to provide at risk youth and incarcerated individuals
on their first solo attempt. This grant is to increase access to options for pre-apprentice programs.

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