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Georgia Mountain Workforce Development funds career training
Group aids unemployed, underemployed workers
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Monday morning will mark the first day of Jeremy Caldwell’s new career as a high school science teacher.“I always felt like teaching would be a great career,” he said. “My top 10 mentors were all teachers, and that is the kind of impact I want to have on the younger generation.”Caldwell was making a living by doing electrical work when he decided to go after his dream, but he needed a little help to pay for it.He found that help through Georgia Mountain Workforce Development with the Workforce Investment Act. The act is a federally funded grant that may help unemployed or underemployed adults, youth and dislocated workers obtain career training that would allow them to find gainful employment.Students must be enrolled in school full time to be eligible to receive help paying for tuition, required books, transportation, meals and child care if needed.