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Growing Idaho’s Food Processing Industry received a $2,487,136 Round Three grant award to develop an optimum system for building and expanding programs that provide education, training experience, and employment for displaced workers; Trade Adjustment Assistance—eligible individual, under-skilled employees; and other similar populations. The Growing Idaho’s Food Processing Industry project targets the Food Manufacturing and Processing sectors.
Defining Features of Project:
- Creation of a new degree program, subsequently called Food Processing Technology to meet the needs of the area’s major employers;
- Offering stackable and latticed credentials including Technical Certificates (TC) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees;
- The Food Processing Technology (FPTC) program will emphasize food safety, quality assurance, food processing and management; and
- The innovative delivery of English as a Second Language (ESL).
| Project and Outcome Report | |
|---|---|
| Project | Growing Idaho's Food Processing Industry |
| Institution | College of Southern Idaho |
| Outcome Report | Growing Idaho's Food Processing Industry Final Evaluation Report |
| Industry Sector | Manufacturing |
| Grant Completed | 9/30/17 |
| Grant Amount | $2,487,136 |
| State Profile Report | Idaho State Profile Report |
| Participation Metrics | |
|---|---|
| Participation | 460 participants |
| Completed program of study | 427 |
| participants earning credentials | 303 |
| Employment* | 129 employed after completion |
*= As of the time of the Final Evaluation Report
Source: Grantee’s Third-Party Evaluation