Northwest Technical College receives grant

The Women's Foundation of Minnesota has awarded $259,000 in grants to four organizations through its Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) Fund, including Northwest Technical College in Bemidji.

Through P2P, the Women's Foundation aims to create unrestricted pathways to economic security and prosperity for low-income women, women of color and women in greater Minnesota, a release said. The $29,500 grant will support Coding the Path from Poverty to Hope, a program offered in partnership with Leech Lake Tribal College and Red Lake Tribal College to help women enter the medical coding field. The program includes classroom and online courses, culturally grounded advising and mentoring, career counseling, daycare or eldercare support, transportation support and up to $3,000 of past higher-education debt forgiveness. Program participants must be living below the federal poverty level, be a caretaker of a child or an elder or a woman of color.

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