McALLEN – In a fast-changing world, sometimes you’ve got to blend in before you can stand out. As the health crisis threatened to decimate the traditional workforce, the Texas Workforce Commission and its higher education partners were staring down a problem of preparedness. In an instant, the South Texas business environment had shed its skin. And while it might take years for workers to properly adapt to the new, socially distanced and sanitized conventions… for now, they needed camouflage. The TWC launched the Skills Development Fund COVID-19 Special Training Initiative in June, awarding direct-response funding to community and technical colleges across the ...