For more than two decades community colleges have been building biotechnology/biomanufacturing education and training programs to serve their local industry.  But still the public and potential students do not understand this career pathway – it is ‘new’ and not well integrated into the federal job title system. In October 2014, a report from California outlined the demand and supply side of the bioeconomy workforce: Supply and Demand Analysis: Life Sciences and Biotech Middle Skills Workforce In California.  This session will outline education and training strategies for supplying biotechnicians in states with the biggest demand for them: California; Massachusetts; Florida and North Carolina.  As the bioeconomy grows throughout the nation these states offer promising strategies for others.