From Howard Community College: Howard Community College (HCC) and the Howard Tech Council (HTC) are partnering as a new TechHire community to train individuals and create pathways to access jobs in technology fields, including computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, and computer forensics. With this new initiative, Howard County becomes one of 20 new communities announced Thursday at a Washington, D.C. event, and joins a national network of 71 TechHire communities across the country to help overlooked and underrepresented Americans start technology careers.

The collaboration is part of President Barack Obama's TechHire Initiative, a campaign to expand local tech sectors by building tech talent pipelines in communities across the country. All TechHire communities go through an intensive and competitive application process to demonstrate their commitment and readiness in expanding the technology sector.

"We are excited to embark on the next TechHire community initiative to help get more residents employed in the tech sector," said Dr. Kate Hetherington, president of HCC. "There are many individuals who are interested in the cyber career field, and this is one more way we can help make them part of this growing industry."