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As the demand for anesthesia services grows across Texas, there’s a new program in Central Texas aiming to get more nurses specialized in that area.
Fairfield University expanded its nurse anesthesia program to Austin.
The university is based in Fairfield, Connecticut. However, it expanded to Austin to address the growing need for more certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) within the state.
Not far from the trucks rumbling down U.S. 183, in front of the tidy rows of colorful cabins that provide shelter for the present, a tall blue building at the gateway to the Esperanza Community stands for something else.
The future.
Next month, the first 30 students will file into this building, all Esperanza residents eager to learn well-paying trade skills that will be their path out of homelessness. Half will pursue certification as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, technicians. The other half will pursue certification as auto mechanics.
Food insecurity is rising sharply in Travis County, with the number of Austin area residents who struggle to afford food expected to continue rising in the coming years absent interventions from both local and federal governments.
At a conference at the Austin Area Research Organization in December, Workforce Solutions CEO Tamara Atkinson told Vatske that her organization was moving out of its building and was looking for a new home. Within just a few months, the two organizations were moving towards a deal to bring their services under the same roof at the food bank headquarters on Montopolis Drive in Southeast Austin. For the food bank, which has long sought to provide or facilitate the provision of wraparound services like culinary and warehouse training programs to its clients, connecting with an organization like Workforce Solutions made sense as a means of addressing food insecurity.
Two organizations are coming together to better serve the Austin community. Wednesday, the Central Texas Food Bank and Workforce Solutions Capital Area announced their partnership, which aims to create a one-stop-shop for members to get their food and job needs.
Being unemployed and needing help putting food on the table often go hand-in-hand. Now, people can get help with both at the Central Texas Food Bank headquarters.
“We’re bringing staff resources right here co-located with the Central Texas Food Bank to bring workforce, job training services to customers that also receive services from the food bank,” Workforce Solutions Capital Area CEO Tamara Atkinson said.
The Central Texas Food Bank is partnering with Workforce Solutions Capital Area to create a one-stop shop for community members to receive food and job assistance services.
Both services will now be provided under one roof at the Central Texas Food Bank headquarters on Metropolis Drive. This comes as Travis County sees an increase in demand for these types of services.
Sari Vatske, the CEO and President of the Central Texas Food Bank, said last year the food bank nearly saw 178,000 food insecure individuals and is anticipating about 208,000 people to go through their doors this year. That demand can be attributed to population growth and the high cost of living.
The Central Texas Food Bank is teaming up with Workforce Solutions Capital Area to offer people job resources when they come in for food.
There are Workforce Solutions career counselors stationed right inside the Benefits and Emergency Services offices at the food bank. Anytime anyone visits to get food, they can also be connected to in-demand jobs or career training and development opportunities.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area CEO Tamara Atkinson said after looking at data, the group noticed its clients often need support, like food assistance, so this partnership makes sense.
The Texas Workforce Commission reported earlier this month the unemployment rate in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area rose from May 2024 to June 2024.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.8%, or 56,143 unemployed residents. Despite this uptick, Austin’s unemployment rate remains below the state and national averages of 4.5% and 4.3%, respectively.
In response to the unemployment rate, the Workforce Solutions Capital Area will host a director and teacher symposium in August in collaboration with Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area.
Ten Austin-area high school students went through an seven-week summer internship with the Austin Transit Partnership.
It was a chance to teach the students about careers in transportation engineering and planning.
The Austin area is filled with multiple billion-dollar infrastructure projects in the pipeline.
“We’re going to need about 10,000 more workers annually forecasting after 2040, if we’re going to deliver on the promise of these projects,” said Workforce Solutions Capital Area Director of Mobility Industry Partnerships Sarah Garza.
Elon Musk’s Austin empire is about to grow a lot more. The enigmatic serial entrepreneur and world’s richest man said July 16 on X that he will move X’s headquarters from San Francisco to Austin.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area said in the case of ‘X,’ it brings more tech jobs for our workforce.
“Tech is already one of those industry that is growing and expanding. There’s a 3.2% of the industry expected to grow over the next few years the tech industry is already booming and expanding,” said Senior Director of Business Engagement Amber Warren.