Merit America and America’s Frontier Fund Foundation Partner With Austin Community College to Help Prepare Americans for the Semiconductor Workforce | PR Newswire [Video]

The Opportunity Coalition, spearheaded by Merit America and America’s Frontier Fund (AFF) Foundation, with support from funders including the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blue Meridian Partners, and Ascendium Education Group, is expanding access to Austin Community College’s best-in-class training program to prepare low-wage workers for upwardly-mobile careers in the semiconductor industry, as part of its goal to achieve $2B in wage gains across 20,000 learners in nation-critical careers by 2030.

, /PRNewswire/ — Merit America, a national workforce development nonprofit, and the AFF Foundation, the charitable arm of America’s Frontier Fund (AFF), in partnership with Austin Community College District (ACC), announced today a national expansion of ACC’s Advanced Manufacturing Production (AMP) training program as part of the Opportunity Coalition. This initiative will provide individuals from low-income backgrounds nationwide access to high-quality technical training at no upfront cost, addressing workforce gaps in critical technology sectors and driving economic mobility.

The Opportunity Coalition is a national initiative led …