Lethbridge organization receives $170K grant

LETHBRIDGE – The Chinook Regional Foundation for Career Transitions has received a $170,000 grant from the Youth Catalyst Fund.

Career Transitions is an organization that seeks to help youth find careers out of high school. The Youth Catalyst Fund put out 10 grants nationwide, but Career Transitions is the only foundation in Alberta to receive one.

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The funding will go towards a program called Students Participating Actively in Realizing Connections, also known as Project SPARC Southwest.

“What we intend to do is serve students, some students within the high schools who are maybe there but not making great progress,” said Judy Stolk-Ingram, the executive director with Career Transitions. “We also can serve students who have the high school diploma, but maybe haven’t been able to find out what their next step is going to be.”

The program is intended to be a two-year project, as the organization will receive $85,000 per year for it.