LCS partners with TalentGro to offer registered apprenticeships at care facilities Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:03 AM Two Iowa senior living communities managed by Des Moines-based LCS Corp. are using a state grant to fund registered apprenticeship programs for training health care and culinary workers. The program is one of 46 across the state that in November received a Coronavirus Relief Earn and Learn Grant, designed to create job training opportunities for Iowans affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids and Green Hills in Ames are working with TalentGro, the workforce division of Tennessee-based employment firm Hamilton-Ryker. The program provides on-the-job training and curriculum for related technical instruction. TalentGro, as the program sponsor and intermediary, will provide administration support to these programs and ensure the sustainability of program activities. “Providing a career ladder in health