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Welcome to the CARIBE Refugee Program

The CARIBE Program is an Adult and Community Education project offering free English language,  GED, and Hi-Tec vocational training to recent Cuban, Haitian, and other entrants with refugee or asylee status.  With an original goal of 200 student enrollments, this grant funded-program has counted over 2000 individual enrollments in the past 30 months.  Our Goal:  Recruit and serve all eligible adult refugees and entrants in Hillsborough County.


The CARIBE Program has three classroom sites, each with a state-of-the-art computer lab to assist the students in English language and Workplace Readiness Skills instruction. The computer labs are also used to teach, Introduction to Computers, Windows 98, and Microsoft Office. 


To obtain information on Program eligibility and current day and evening schedules for English language, GED, or vocational classes, simply call


(813) 231-1972.


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From the Program Manager’s Desk: 


Our Program’s success is directly tied to the combined 

efforts and talents of the professionals in Hillsborough 

County Adult and Community Education, Vocational/Hi-Tec Education, Limited English Proficient Programs, and our 

many service-provider partners.  We all believe that English language training is job preparation training—as necessary 

as any vocational class offering.  Our reward is seeing our

adult students progress and develop lifetime skills that 

enable them access to the American Dream.                                    


                                                      Dave Schmidt 


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This Project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement and administered by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

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