Career Pathways Initiative
- Get your GED
- Go to College
- Get career training
- Get help to do it !!!
Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative is a grant funded program for low income parents who desire to improve their employment opportunities through education and/or training. Students who have a child under the age of 21 living in the home with them and are TEA recipients, or are receiving benefits from DHS such as Medicaid/ARKids or SNAP, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Food Stamps), or are at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level should qualify for Career Pathways.
Career Pathways is designed to assist with financial barriers such as tuition, childcare, and transportation. CPI will also provide academic and personal counseling, remediation in preparation for college entrance exams, tutoring, referrals to outside assistance agencies, and coordination with other Northark assistance programs. We also assist with job readiness skills, employability training, Career Readiness Certification preparation and assistance with job searching, placement and follow-up. We believe in wrapping our students with total support utilizing all the resources at hand both on campus and in the communities we serve.
Career Pathways Mission
The mission of the Career Pathways Initiative at North Arkansas College is to help low income adults attain the requisite skills needed to earn a marketable education credential that will lead to a high demand self-sustaining career.