Training at Community College

FastForward is offered through all 23 of Virginia’s Community Colleges. It is a financial assistance program that rewards students who successfully complete training and earn a high-demand industry certification. In addition to funding and incentives only offered at Virginia’s Community Colleges, by training at a community college, students can access campus resources, student benefits and explore the next steps for future education.

Typically, workforce training programs have a designation of “noncredit,” which means you’re taking a class at a community college, but you don’t earn any college credit for it. However, Virginia’s Community Colleges have worked hard to draw comparisons between noncredit courses and credit courses to ensure students can earn what’s called “credit for prior learning.” Between military service and previous work experience, you may have earned college credit you don’t know about.