About This Workforce Program:

In DC, the State Office of Career and Technical Education provides leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to ensure excellence in DC’s statewide system of career and technical education. We receive local and federal funds and award them to sub-grantees to ensure local education agencies (LEAs) provide equitable and high-quality programs of study. Together with LEAs and other local partners, we support the following work:

• Assisting secondary and postsecondary programs in aligning career and technical education students to workforce opportunities,

• Easing the transition from high school to postsecondary programs, and

• Improving state and local accountability for CTE programming.