Strategic Initiatives
College Vision
The Community College of Allegheny County maintains a caring educational gateway to workforce and academic attainment and provides a comprehensive and integrated learning network that unites faculty, staff, students, community, education and business partners.
College Mission
Provide affordable access to quality education and offer a dynamic, diverse and supportive learning environment that prepares the region’s residents for academic, professional and personal success in our changing global society.
In keeping with the college vision, mission and goals and values CCAC constanttly stives to create and maintain meaningful community partnerships.
CCAC-Allegheny County Workforce Alliance
The CCAC-Allegheny County Workforce Alliance is a strategic partnership designed to strengthen workforce development initiatives in the Pittsburgh region and surrounding areas. Through collaboration with a long list of regional partners, the Workforce Alliance is taking steps to close the loop in the workforce training cycle.
FireVEST Scholarship Program
The FireVEST scholarship program is a partnership between the Allegheny County Executive, the Allegheny County Fire Academy and CCAC (through the CCAC–Allegheny County Workforce Alliance) to offer full scholarships for an associate’s degree or certificate program at CCAC, as well as training at the Allegheny County Fire Academy. The program is open to up to 200 volunteer firefighters annually.
Biotechnology Workforce Collaborative
The Biotechnology Workforce Collaborative (BWC) is a partnership with Allegheny General Hospital's Allegheny-Singer Research Institute (ASRI), the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) and the North Side Leadership Conference (NSLC). Through a National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant, scholarship are being offered to train students as biotechnology lab technicians.
Career Transition Center for Dislocated Workers
The Career Transition Center for Dislocated Workers offers retraining options both to laid-off individuals and to employers who are facing layoffs that will affect at least 50 people. Qualifying Allegheny County residents can earn one of ten certificate programs through the Dislocated Worker Tuition Waiver. In addition, through a MetLife Encore Career grant in partnership with Civic Ventures, dislocated workers age 50 and older can train to become Medical Office Managers.
Young Adult Empowerment Program (YAEP)
The Young Adult Empowerment Program (YAEP) seeks to help undereducated and underemployed individuals ages 17 to 24 in southwestern Pennsylvania. The program aims to increase the number of young adults who will graduate from college and find employment in high-demand, high-priority fields. The program plans to establish an employer "gateway" that will create a pipeline of qualified personnel in these high-priority fields. In addition, it will address the growing need for remediation in higher education.