Climb Credit, an innovative student payment and financing platform that makes career transformation accessible and affordable, announced that with funding from social impact investor Acumen America’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, they have partnered with online healthcare school Snap Medical Assistant Academy to offer 75 full-ride scholarships for aspiring Medical Assistants who are currently unemployed. In addition to the scholarships, Snap Medical Assistant Academy will be providing career services and — along with Climb — will be keeping close track of the employment outcomes of the recipients.
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Unemployment has risen all over the nation since March 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. In Texas, the unemployment rate remains at 12.8% even as the state has begun to reopen their economy. Through this program, Climb and Snap Medical Assistant Academy hope not only to transform the lives of the scholarship recipients across TX, AL, NV, and LA—but also to draw attention to medical assisting careers and other career-training opportunities as a whole.
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“It is our hope that this program will shed light on the accelerated reskilling opportunities that are available to people as they search for their next careers,” said Angela Ceresnie, CEO of Climb. “Even beyond this program, Climb has always structured our payment solutions and loans in a way that unemployed learners can get approved for the financing they need to attend career-training programs and better their lives.”