CAREER 500 is designed to uplift 500 or more Columbus residents by providing training, wraparound support, and job placement services to unemployed and underemployed individuals by building capacity in existing programs with demonstrated success in achieving these goals.

Aspyr, through funding granted by the Columbus City Council, expects to issue a transformative $1,800,000 in grants supporting the Columbus workforce development ecosystem.

Grant funding will be awarded to existing workforce development programs serving unemployed and underemployed Columbus residents that can demonstrate that the requested funding will provide sufficient additional organizational capacity to serve more participants at the same or improved rate of success of the current program.