Community colleges and technical schools stand at the center of the Business and Home Hardening workforce vision, and the benefits to their institutions are substantial. By hosting certificate and training programs for Business and Home Hardening, colleges gain the opportunity to launch a high-demand, future-oriented curriculaum that directly aligns with regional economic needs, climate resiliency goals, and workforcedevelopment funding streams. These programs position dDeans and institutional leaders as innovators—champions of a new industry that protects homes, strengthens communities, and generates thousands of skilled, living-wage careers across the West.
Business and Home Hardening training also deepens the colleges’ and training schools’partnerships with insurers, utilities, state agencies, and philanthropic organizations, opening new avenues for grants, apprenticeships, funding partnerships, and long-term institutional visibility. Colleges gain reputational leadership as trusted hubs of safety, resilience, and community empowerment. Importantly, the program creates new on-ramps for students from diverse backgrounds—young adults, mid-career workers, veterans, and under-served communities—into stable, well-paid jobs that carry both economic mobility and social purpose.
By aligning with Praxis and the Business and Home Hardening Cooperative, community colleges do more than deliver skills; —they also help anchor an entire regional resilience economy, becoming indispensable partners in reducing wildfire risk, stabilizing insurance markets, and strengthening community well-being across California and the Western states.