One of the goals of the Workforce Development Board is to provide short-term solutions to both job seekers and businesses. Job seekers don't have a lot of time to go back to school to learn needed skills. Businesses are looking for workers with knowledge of core competencies. The START program was ideal for us.

The S T A R T program is designed specifically for workforce development to serve targeted clients such as, at-risk youth, welfare-to-work, dislocated workers, and other targeted groups.

Students in the S T A R T program get on track to begin a career in lodging or continue their education with additional lodging educational programs.

Additionally, START is an ideal curriculum for 9th or 10th grade high school students to prepare them to enter the Lodging Management Program (LMP) curriculum available to 11th and 12th grade students.