No-cost workforce training. Industry-recognized credentials. Career opportunities.
Reinvest Birmingham is a $20 million workforce and economic development initiative funded through the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Recompete Pilot Program and led by the City of Birmingham.
Through 2029, the initiative is connecting residents in North Birmingham, Northside, Pratt, and Smithfield with no-cost workforce training, industry-recognized credentials, career coaching, and job placement support.
Lawson State Community College is the lead training provider for Reinvest Birmingham. If you live in one of the four eligible communities, Lawson State can help you start a new career, restart your career, strengthen your skills, or advance in your current career.
Enter your current address to see if you live within the Reinvest Birmingham service area.
Check my eligibility >Eligibility is based on your current residential address and program requirements.
You may qualify for Reinvest Birmingham if:
Sign up online, take the TABE assessment, and we will match you to a training program.
Every Reinvest Birmingham participant follows a personalized path. From your first orientation to your next job opportunity, the Reinvest Birmingham team will support you throughout your journey.
Learn more about the Reinvest Birmingham initiative, available training opportunities, and career pathways.
Participants may complete WorkKeys assessments in applied math, reading, and locating information to help identify training and employment opportunities that match their skills and career goals.
Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) is an in-person career readiness training program designed to help participants develop essential workplace and career skills.
Mobilizing Alabama Pathways (MAP) provides short, online courses that can be completed alongside ACE to help participants explore and prepare for industry-specific careers and training pathways.
Once you complete the foundational training, you can move into specialized, hands-on workforce training aligned with high-demand career opportunities.
The Reinvest Birmingham team will help you turn your new skills into your next opportunity. Whether you are looking for your first opportunity, a better opportunity, or the next step in your career, we are here to help.
Short-term, hands-on programs offered through Reinvest Birmingham at Lawson State.
Now recruitingPrepare for opportunities in the utility industry through hands-on training focused on safety, pipeline systems, equipment, and essential field skills.
8-week program
Cohort completedDevelop hands-on skills in residential and commercial flooring installation while preparing for opportunities in the construction and skilled trades industries.
8-week program
Now recruitingBuild the communication, problem-solving, and workplace skills needed to succeed in customer service and other customer-facing positions.
3-week program
Now recruitingDevelop hands-on skills in refrigeration principles, system components, tools, heat transfer, and basic compression systems.
8-week program
11th and 12th graders at Birmingham City Schools receive scholarship access to Career Technical Education programs. Currently offered at Jackson-Olin High School.
Registered apprenticeship pathways are being developed under Reinvest Birmingham. Contact us to be notified when they open.
Reinvest Birmingham is about more than helping residents complete a training program. It is about connecting Birmingham residents to opportunity.
Through partnerships across the community, Reinvest Birmingham is working to strengthen pathways in:
Together, we are helping residents build skills, connect with employers, and create stronger economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.
No-cost training, credentials, and job placement for residents of the four Reinvest communities.
Get started >Connect with motivated, credentialed candidates ready to join your workforce.
Partner with us >Dual enrollment scholarships for Birmingham City Schools juniors and seniors.
Learn more >Reinvest Birmingham is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration Recompete Plan.
