North Central Texas College is Coming to Alliance
North Central Texas College (NCTC) will soon open a facility in Alliance, Texas. This facility will not serve as a full campus but instead will offer specialized training for industries most affected by the recent economic conditions created by COVID-19.
NCTC has recently been awarded a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Texas Reskilling and Upskilling Education (TRUE) grant, for a total over $2.375 million. Through this grant, NCTC will provide high-demand programs related to electrical, industrial mechatronics, automation, and robotics, as well as expanding the college’s allied health offerings.
Image from the check signing of the two TRUE grant contracts.
The TRUE grant is awarded to the college in two contracts. $412,636 was awarded directly to NCTC for specific allied health science training in a field with more demand than our current workforce is able to keep up with. Programs covered by this portion of the grant include Certified Medical Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding, Medical Administrative Assistant, and Medical Office Technology. Medical Office Technology is a newly developed credit program for the college, thanks to this grant, that represents the next level in training for medical billing and coding assistants and medical administrative assistants to increase their skills in front and back medical office and hospital administrative positions.
The second part of the TRUE grant is a consortium with Western Texas College, a $1.962 million award, for training in high-demand engineering technology programs. Programs covered by this consortium will include Mechatronics, Industry 4.0 Basics and Advanced Operations, Industry 4.0 Robot System Operations, and Electrical Skills. Western Texas College will focus their training on Petroleum Engineering, and specifically Well-Control application skills.
Financial assistance is available for all of these programs. Students meeting the eligibility requirements of the grant may receive up to $2,500 in financial assistance to cover the cost of the training program. Some trainings are available now and all programs will be available by this summer when NCTC will open a facility in the western Denton County Alliance corridor to increase training access for this growing population.
For more information on the TRUE grant at NCTC, contact the coordinator Scott LeDane at gledane@nctc.edu or call 940-668-4911.