LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — In an effort to bring in new employees, Acadiana Workforce Solutions is using grant funding to give more opportunities to those in rural communities.

The healthcare field is the most in-demand field in all of Acadiana. In an effort to bring in new employees, Acadiana Workforce Solutions is looking to give back to those in rural communities.

The Country Roads Inclusion Program from Acadian to Workforce Solutions is specifically tailored for people that living in these areas to have access to training and employment.

Keithen Domingue, the program’s manager said, “A lot of times people that live in those areas don’t have the same connections to employment or the same connections to training.”

Domingue then told KLFY 10 The Country Roads Inclusion Program aims to close that gap, by providing hands on training and paid work-based learning experiences to get people ready for various careers in the healthcare field.

“If they are looking for training, there’s a program to be able to go through a process that they’re going to go through.” Domingue said. “They didn’t connect with a career coach if they were looking for employment on that side, and we’re going to pair them up with a professional development coordinator.”

Domingue said there is even a plan in place for participants who may struggle with transportation.

“With the help of St Leger Community Action Agency. There’s a system in place for those that live up in those areas. They have a system that’s going to put each one of those participants in a system and make sure they begin to training and also making sure they get to work.” Domingue said.

If anyone is interested in a future in the healthcare field and want to learn more about the program applications can be submitted here.

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