Capital IDEA Houston Raises Wages in Houston from $7 to $24/hour
Executive Director Michelle Paul explains how Capital IDEA Houston transforms lives. Capital IDEA Houston is a long-term job training program established by TMO.
Texas Innovative ACE Program: A Wise Investment
Texans invented a unique workforce model which was first developed in San Antonio in 1992 and has since replicated across the state in five other Texas regions: Greater Austin/Central Texas, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and the Rio Grande Valley.
This rigorously-studied model has proven to be a fiscally responsible investment that: builds self-sufficient families; bolsters a skilled, thriving workforce attractive to businesses; and reduces the burden on state and local agencies. The Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program supports these highly effective programs through matching dollars, meaning—your 'yes' vote incentivizes Texas communities to build and support programs locally for a state-wide impact that will help Texas remain the top economic force in the nation.
Texas IAF Fights to Restore Full Funding for Adult Career Education (ACE) & More
Over 200 leaders from organizations of the Network of Texas IAF convened at the Texas state capital to call on state legislators to restore full funding for the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education Fund (ACE Fund). The delegation met with 20 legislators and staff asking them to support the ACE fund at its full $5 million and oppose anti-immigrant legislation. Leaders additionally asked for local control covering issues as wide ranging as affordable housing and bail reform.
Texas IAF leaders additionally invited as guests of the legislature, as a resolution was read in support of the ACE fund by five Texas House members. Later that day the Senate also read a resolution in support of the ACE fund.
At a press conference organized by the Texas IAF, legislators from across the state emerged from the Capitol to speak in support of the ACE fund. Capital IDEA graduates from Houston and Texas, in addition to graduates from other IAF Labor market intermediaries told stories of how the workforce initiatives changed their lives, moving them from $10.00/hr part time work to careers earning as much as $70,000 per year! The average wage of a graduate from these programs is $20.66/hr.