Feb 15, 2022 | Press Releases
AUSTIN, Texas—Skillpoint Alliance—a Central Texas 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides fast-paced, no-cost job training in the skilled trades to lower-income, underserved and under-accessed populations—announced today that it has received a grant from Bank of...
May 23, 2019 | Gateway, News, Skillpoint Alliance
From the desk of: Weston Sythoff External Relations Manager (512) 323-6773 wsythoff@skillpointalliance.org For immediate release – May 23, 2019...
May 21, 2019 | Gateway, News, Skillpoint Alliance
(l-r) Christopher Rios, Community Development Officer at Texas Capital Bank, and Kevin Brackmeyer, Executive Director of Skillpoint Alliance From the desk of: Weston Sythoff External Relations Manager (512) 323-6773 wsythoff@skillpointalliance.org For immediate...
Mar 20, 2019 | Gateway, Skillpoint Alliance
Pictured: 2018 Plumbing graduate Kelsi Hatch and instructor Jeff Jackson By: Sara Loretta (Gebhardt) In the summer of 2017, I met a woman applying for our Plumbing & Pipefitting class named Lillishia Stingley. Her vibrancy and drive for a better career,...
Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
From the desk of: Sarah Gebhardt Data and Media Specialist (512) 814-3268 sgebhardt@skillpointalliance.org For immediate release – September 27, 2018 Train Local, Hire Local Campaign Austin, Texas (September 27, 2018) – In celebration of...
Jun 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
From the desk of: Sarah Gebhardt Data and Media Specialist (512) 814-3268 sgebhardt@skillpointalliance.org For immediate release – June 13, 2018 Introducing Skillpoint’s New Board Chair Steven Garrett Austin, Texas (June 13, 2018) – In...
May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Skillpoint Alliance hired Alan Wilson in 2017 to redesign the Skillpoint’s existing Electrical program transforming it to a Pre-Apprenticeship program in order to better prepare graduates to enter the industry at entry level and an apprenticeship program. By...
Mar 6, 2018 | News, Skillpoint Alliance
From the desk of: Sarah Gebhardt Data and Media Specialist (512) 814-3268 sgebhardt@skillpointalliance.org For immediate release – March 5, 2018 Hard Hatted Women Initiative Austin, Texas (March 5, 2018) – Recent studies show that approximately 8% of jobs...
Dec 21, 2017 | News, Skillpoint Alliance
Austin, TX (December 21, 2017) From Mitch Holt, Board Chair, Skillpoint Alliance: This year has been one of growth and transition for Skillpoint Alliance. Over the past eighteen months, we have looked internally, meticulously discerning who we are as an organization,...
Dec 8, 2017 | Empower, Workforce
The Digital Divide in Central Texas is disallowing individuals from advancing in their careers, or even gaining meaningful employment due to their lack of simple computer skills. For Skillpoint Alliance, creating the Empower program was a way to reach the Austin...
