The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded the Northwest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Partnership $74,510 a year for the next three years to help coordinate internship programs.

“This money is for career-connected learning,” said Myronda Schiding, a coordinator for the partnership covering Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties.

The partnership has been helping establish Clatsop Works, a new internship linking Clatsop County high schoolers with local industry. The grant will help pay for coordinating internships, taking classes on tours of local industry and providing teachers and counselors professional development to guide students toward careers, Schiding said.

The Oregon Community Foundation donated $459,308 to seven hubs around the state. The funds are matched by local industry, foundations and government grants.

The grant funding comes from a $100 million settlement the state reached in 2016 with Oracle Corp. over the failed $300 million Cover Oregon online health care exchange. The settlement included a $10 million fund to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.