Snohomish County Blueprint

Snohomish County Blueprint partners

Leveraged $24 million in resources to support clusters. Of these, $20 million were competitively attracted to Snohomish County.

K-12 public education career and technical education

Held a county-wide General Advisory Council workshop to familiarize members with Blueprint clusters and initiatives.
Presented an overview to local General Advisory Councils and Program Advisory Committees, School Boards, Chambers of Commerce, teacher groups, City Councils, and school district Administration Councils.
Quoted data in student course description guides.
Used the Blueprint with prospective business partners to show County’s strategic direction and how public education fits in.
Started/re-started programs at the high school level based on needs in Biotechnology, Manufacturing, and Pre-engineering.
Used the information to provide back-up labor market data to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Edmonds Community College Small Business Development Center

Assisted more than 500 businesses, primarily in Professional, Scientific, and Technical; Manufacturing; and Retail.
Created nearly 300 new jobs.
Generated more than $10 million in investments, equity, and loans.

Edmonds Community College

Served full-time equivalent unemployed students annually under its Worker Retraining Program.
Launched programs for low-income students in Business Services and Health Care.
Launched an Industry Skills Panel in Biotechnical-Biomedical Devices.
Offered Construction Trades training in the Edmonds School District.
Launched high-demand training programs in the Construction Trades and Materials Science.
Conducted training to meet industry needs in Manufacturing.
Launched and operated the Employment Resource Center which will identify candidates for all 787 production jobs.
Developed advanced manufacturing programs for the National Science Foundation.
Launched Federal Aviation Administration certified training.
Launched the Materials Science Technical Resource Center.
Launched the Materials Process Development Center in conjunction with Everett Community College.
Expanded training capacity and launched training programs in Advanced Manufacturing, Aviation, and Material Science.

Everett Community College

Served a minimum of 176 full-time equivalent unemployed students annually under its Worker Retraining Program.
Established a School of Business Design.
Offered a Rad Tech degree program on campus, delivered by Bellingham Technical College.
Offered an integrated English as a Second Language/Technical Training program which is WABO certified in Welding for immigrants and refugees.
Launched the Materials Process Development Center in conjunction with Edmonds Community College.
Launched a Metal Trades program that is increasing enrollment in Precision Machining and Welding/Fabrication.
Built and equipped a new welding facility and supported new technology programs.
Expanded training capacity and launched training programs in Advanced Manufacturing, Aviation, and Material Science.

Workforce Development Council Snohomish County

Targeted $1 million toward cluster training through Individual Training Accounts for low-income adults and dislocated workers.
Provided nearly $900,000 in support and training funds to support students training in the health services cluster.
Offered scholarships to K-12 students and adults to enter postsecondary education in cluster training programs.
Provided resources to the Snohomish School District for equipment for the new Machining Pathways Program.
Provided nearly $1 million and leveraged $1 million to support worksite-based, industry-led training in targeted industry clusters.
Launched a Restorative Aid apprenticeship program in collaboration with industry.
Launched a Construction Industry Skills Panel.
Launched a Health Services Industry Skills Panel.
Launched a Regional Aerospace Skills Panel.
Developed awareness and career exploration products for the health services industry.
Expanded upon the health services career trees developed by Edmonds and Everett Community College to create career planning tools for use by advisors, students, parents, and job seekers in decision making for all targeted industry clusters.