Alyce Toombs, chef and single mother of three, faced homelessness before she returned to school in 2015 and earned a culinary arts degree from the Community College of Allegheny County. She says the degree changed her life for the better. Bill Schackner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes in a recent article, "It all made a difference, said Ms. Toombs, whose $40,000 yearly income is more than double that from five years ago."

Butler County Community College has designed 11 online training programs that will enable manufacturers to develop or enhance technical skills, and workers displaced as a result of COVID-19 to explore learning in an industry that employs more than 40,000 people across eight western Pennsylvania counties.

Pennsylvania community colleges continue to evaluate their response to COVID-19. As guidance changes, the most up-to-date information from each community college is available through the Commission's website.