Polk Vision and the Central Florida Development Council are rolling out a new Internship Guide to assist businesses wanting to start or advance a program to attract young talent to their companies. Polk Vision and the CFDC Talent Pipeline’s Countywide Higher Education Workforce developed the guide that includes Southeastern and Florida Polytechnic universities, Florida Southern […]
Polk Vision and Polk County Public Schools (PCPS) are teaching more than just students. Through a new pilot program at two elementary schools, the organizations are teaching parents how to better use technology to help their children while also helping themselves. While parents are learning about tech as part of the new Know & Grow […]
With only a week — or five — left to count as many people as possible living in the United States, those involved in the 2020 Census are making the final push. No one knows yet whether counting will end Sept. 30, as President Trump wants, or whether federal judges across the nation will reinstate […]
Mental health, access to health services, nutrition and exercise, and deaths of people walking and riding their bicycles continue as some of the top concerns for residents in Polk County, according to the 2020 Community Health Assessment (CHA) completed in May. The county Health Department and its partners gathered and analyzed data to determine which […]
The once-a-decade Census of every person living in the United States does more than just give us a glimpse at how much we’ve grown. It also has economic impacts that range from how much money local and state governments get from the federal government to services offered to local residents, data that governments and businesses […]
As Polk County continues to focus on education, it’s seeing results: More teenagers are graduating from high school, and more residents have college degrees. The Florida College Access Network, an organization of community leaders that Polk County joined to improve talent development, and the Talent Pipeline Committee, formed by Polk Vision and the Central Florida […]
Collecting 2020 Census data continues despite coronavirus (COVID-19) shut downs across the country, and it may be more important than ever. “Let’s just think about resource allocation right now,” said Kim Long, executive director of Polk Vision, one of the local agencies working to ensure every person in Polk County is counted. She was referring […]
Middle and high school students now have one more tool to help them prepare for college or careers, thanks to a collaborative effort led by Polk Vision. “Be The Future Be U is two things: It is a collection of resources and it is a community of engaged students focused on preparing for their future,” […]