CareerSource North Central Florida will launch this year's version of Startup Quest, a 10-week entrepreneurship training program, at an information workshop April 12 from 1 p.m. to 4p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Gainesville, 2900 SW 13th St.

The program is available to all interested Alachua and Bradford county residents. Those who are long-term unemployed or underemployed can get scholarships through STEM Ready. Visit a staffing specialist at the nearest CareerSource NCFL career center in Gainesville or Starke to confirm eligibility and enroll for scholarships.

Startup Quest launched in 2011 and gives professionals the training and skills to become entrepreneurs or help an existing company, a news release said. Those with bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees are put in teams and paired with business mentors to simulate actual companies.

CareerSource NCFL earned a $12 million Workforce Innovation Fund grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand the program to nine additional Florida regions between 2012 and 2015, the release said, and 2,385 Floridians have participated in Startup Quest, to date.

Reserve a seat here: http://bit.ly/2mFD2RG or email info@startupquest.org