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SLCC and Workforce Services Aiding Refugees with Employment, Better Wages

Salt Lake Community College and the Utah Department ofWorkforce Services have successfully coordinated efforts to help refugees in Utah train for new jobs and improve their earning potential. This partnership has resulted in a 100 percent completion rate for three cohorts of refugees in the warehouse and distribution training program during 2016.

“Some refugees come to the United States with great educational backgrounds, but other refugees may come and need to start at the beginning,” said Deneece G. Huftalin, president of SLCC. “This short-term training is an example of how SLCC is helping refugees start down a path toward economic prosperity.”


Each one of the 35 refugees who became certified through the warehouse and distribution training program at the Utah Refugee Education and TrainingCenter on the SLCC Meadowbrook Campus found new jobs or improved their wages. The 2016 training cohorts were funded through a Utah Cluster AccelerationPartnership grant. Refugees received training at the Refugee Center, one-on-one assistance to create resumes and then support in preparing for and securing job interviews.

“We’ve learned that refugees typically earn a lower wage than the general population and we are working to change that in Utah,” said Jon Pierpont, executive director of Workforce Services. “Providing refugees with the opportunity to find well-paying jobs and become self-reliant is a benefit to them, to their families and to all of us.”

The Refugee Center, which is a partnership between SLCC, Workforce Services and Utah State University, fosters opportunities for refugees to access a variety of programs, trainings and higher education leading to family-sustaining employment, as well as supporting refugees’ efforts to become integrated in Utah’s communities.

In 2016, more than 25,000 refugees accessed programs at the Refugee Center, which hosted more than 1,600 workshops and activities including employment support, training, education, business development and skill development.


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