Alpena Community College received more than $100,000 through the state’s Sixty by Thirty program, according to a Friday news release from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential.

ACC received a $75,000 Quick Start Grant to focus on assessing students’ needs and developing a plan to strengthen student supports, and a $33,858 grant to provide emergency funding and other direct aid to students facing financial barriers to completion.

The Sixty by Thirty program aims to increase the number of working-age adults with a skill certificate or degree to 60% by the year 2030.