U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN $500 MILLION GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE TO EXPAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced grant awards to 32 industry-led workforce training partnerships across the country as part of the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge funded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The Good Jobs Challenge is administered by the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration and will enable communities across the country to invest in innovative approaches to workforce development that will secure job opportunities for more than 50,000 Americans.
The project leads for each awardee are listed below. (Project summaries are available via hyperlinks.)
- Alaska Primary Care Association (Alaska)
Grant: $9.7 million
Industry: Healthcare - Charleston Chamber Foundation (South Carolina)
Grant: $8.4 million
Industry: Healthcare - Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (Illinois)
Grant: $18.5 million
Industry: Healthcare; Manufacturing; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Information Technology - City of Birmingham (Alabama)
Grant: $10.8 million
Industry: Healthcare - City of New York Human Resources Administration (New York)
Grant: $18.6 million
Industry: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Building and Construction - City of Springfield (Missouri)
Grant: $17.5 million
Industry: Healthcare; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Education - Dallas College (Texas)
Grant: $8.8 million
Industry: Bio-medical - Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston (Massachusetts)
Grant: $23 million
Industry: Healthcare; Energy and Resilience; Childcare - Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees (Florida)
Grant: $22.9 million
Industry: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Healthcare; Manufacturing; Education - Foundation for California Community Colleges (California)
Grant: $21.5 million
Industry: Forestry and Fire Safety - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation (California)
Grant: $23 million
Industry: Professional and Financial Services; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Manufacturing; Building and Construction - Hampton Roads Workforce Council (Virginia & North Carolina)
Grant: $11 million
Industry: Water and Blue Economy; Energy and Resilience - Illinois Central College (Illinois)
Grant: $14.6 million
Industry: Information Technology - Lakota Funds (South Dakota)
Grant: $5 million
Industry: Building and Construction - Maryland Department of Labor (Maryland)
Grant: $22.9 million
Industry: Energy and Resilience - Miami Dade College (Florida)
Grant: $10 million
Industry: Information Technology - Mid-South Center for Occupational Innovation (Arkansas, Mississippi, & West Tennessee)
Grant: $21.5 million
Industry: Building and Construction; Manufacturing; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics - Nevadaworks (Nevada)
Grant: $14.9 million
Industry: Healthcare; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (North Carolina)
Grant: $23.7 million
Industry: Energy and Resilience - North Central New Mexico Economic Development District (New Mexico)
Grant: $6.4 million
Industry: Healthcare; Building and Construction - Office of Workforce Strategy (Connecticut)
Grant: $23.9 million
Industry: Manufacturing; Healthcare; Information Technology, Bio-medical - Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Educational and Industrial Development Institute (Ohio)
Grant: $23.5 million
Industry: Manufacturing - Persevere (Tennessee)
Grant: $15.4 million
Industry: Information Technology - Philadelphia Works, Inc (Pennsylvania)
Grant: $22.8 million
Industry: Healthcare; Building and Construction; Energy and Resilience - Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board (Oregon)
Grant: $3.4 million
Industry: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics - The Chamber Foundation (North Dakota & Minnesota)
Grant: $9.6 million
Industry: Agriculture and Food Production; Information Technology; Manufacturing - UnidosUS (Puerto Rico & Colorado)
Grant: $11.4 million
Industry: Aerospace & Defense; Building and Construction; Financial and Professional Services - United Way of Central Iowa (Iowa)
Grant: $1.8 million
Industry: Healthcare - University of Hawaii (Hawaii)
Grant: $16.4 million
Industry: Healthcare; Information Technology; Energy and Resilience; Film, Arts, & Media - Washington Student Achievement Council (Washington)
Grant: $23.5 million
Industry: Healthcare; Information Technology; Financial and Professional Services; Energy and Resilience; Manufacturing; Building and Construction - Workforce Solutions Rural Capital (Texas)
Grant: $12.1 million
Industry: Building and Construction; Information Technology; Healthcare - WTIA Workforce Institute (Nationwide WA; MO; AL; VA; TX; NV; PA; NJ; NC; LA; OH)
Grant: $23.5 million
Industry: System Development