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Jun 2014
Steve Hand, director of the Quick Jobs with a Future program at Greenville Technical College, received the 2014 William S. Hummers Community Service Award in May at the SHARE Economic Opportunity Gala. The award recognizes Hand?s impact on the lives of those in need of opportunity through the Quick Jobs program, which helps working adults and those in occupational transition quickly obtain job skills that match the hiring needs of local employers. Quick Jobs training is offered for careers including Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Phlebotomist, Medical Coding, Hospital Billing & Coding, Unit Secretary, CISCO Network Certification, Ophthalmic Medical Assistant, Truck Driver Training, Welding, Forklift Certification, CNC Machine Operator, and more. Hand also oversees the SPICE program, which helps adults who have been released from prison obtain job training and make a successful transition back into society. This program is in five prisons across the state in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, South Carolina Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon. Hand is an original member of SHARE?s LADDER program taskforce for over thirteen years. Additionally, SHARE honored him with the Human Advancement award in 2006.