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- EIN 26-2638504
- (251) 445-2090
- 351 N Broad St Mobile AL 36603-5833 USA
- www.sawdc.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Job Training
Mission: To develop strategic partnerships which attract, educate, and train students and workers to better meet employer needs and foster economic growth in a global marketplace. Sawdc's vision is to develop a comprehensive, integrated workforce development system which creates a skilled, diverse, motivated, adaptable workforce that better meets the needs of employers and leads to a better quality of life for local citizens.
Programs: Sawdc's vision is to develop a comprehensive, integrated workforce development system which creates a skilled, diverse, motiveted, and adaptable workforce that better meets the needs of employers and leads to a better quality of life for local citizens. Sawdc has a mission to develop stratgic parnerships which attract, educate, and train students and workers to better meet employer needs and foster economic growth in a global marketplace. Sawdc works to ensure that all stakeholders have access to a system for workforce development that advocates for their needs and that there is a large qualified candidate pool. This is accomplished by engaging industry clusters, influencing the system of education and training, and inspiring the future supply of workers.
the sawdc worlds of opportunity career expo for local 8th grade students is an industry-led initiative that pulls together more than 115 regional companies to engage students through hands-on, career related activities over the two day event.
sawdc has contracted with jobs for the future (jff) for a project entitled "a multi-layered analysis of current and projected education and workforce development needs for untapped key workforce populations of the rural counties of region 9". At the end of the study, jff will present its findings in a report giving its recommendations for various strategies to be implemented to address skills gaps in the rural areas of sawdc's region.