Lehman College’s CUNY on the Concourse announced Jul 28 that $149,000 capital funding secured by Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia will expand its Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program. The CNA program within Lehman’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies provides an entry point or career change opportunity for a field experiencing major nationwide labor shortages. Kimberly Kendall, associate dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, told the Bronx Times that the Lehman program serves about 400 CNA students each year and requires a time commitment of just three months. Thanks to partnerships with the borough’s nonprofits, hospitals and nursing homes, many job pathways are available for those in the CNA program, she said. This story was corrected July 29 at 4:25 p.m. to state that the School of Continuing and Professional Studies is under Lehman and not CUNY.