Sonoma State will host regional K-12 District administrators, staff and counselors regarding the California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI). CCGI has received funding from the State of California to develop collaborative partnerships with regional county offices of education and/or higher education campuses to support local educational agency utilization of the College and Career Guidance Initiative’s statewide college and career planning tools.

The project is meant to provide an economic model that provides an estimate of what earnings capacity individuals have based on their current or most recent job, the evolution of worker gains in each of the 58 counties, and the wage forecast looking toward 2030. The core outcome of this project is to provide an algorithm that connects the local labor market in California’s counties and regions to determine how someone that needs to pay child support may be able to pay it in the current market and also looking forward over the next five years.

This project provides an economic impact study to measure the cannabis business in six (6) counties in northern California--Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties.

The Wine Business Institute in the School of Business and Economics is capturing the complex story of the biggest wine market in the world, the United States.  Through a series of webinars with industry leaders, adjunct instructor Geralyn Brostrom is telling this story in conversations that will benefit our students in our online classroom.  Through the funding provided by this grant, we will have the opportunity to build recognition for our programs with an international audience of attendees at Vinexpo New York, where Ms.