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The First 32 Winners of Multi-Million-Dollar Federal Workforce Grants
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On Aug. 3, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced grant awards to 32 industry-led workforce training partnerships in 31 states and Puerto Rico as part of the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge funded by the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan. The Good Jobs Challenge is part of the American Rescue Plan’s group of programs developed by EDA to distribute $3 billion allocated to assist communities recovering from the pandemic. (Click here to see the largest cases of COVID-19 relief fraud.)
To identify the entities getting millions from the government, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 32 projects awarded American Rescue Plan grants according to an announcement on Aug. 3 by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. The projects were selected out of 509 applicants competing in the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge, a workforce training program developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
The administration hopes that the 32 winners – among them chambers of commerce, healthcare entities, education institutions, and regional economic development corporations – will create a combined total of at least 50,000 jobs, Raimondo said in a Zoom briefing with the media.
The 32 awardees will train workers in 15 key industries essential to supply chains, global competitiveness, regional development, and equitable economic growth. Among the sectors targeted are energy, health care, manufacturing, and Information technology.
Many of the winning proposals are aimed at addressing unemployment and under-employment, formerly imprisoned people, veterans, those with disabilities, rural Americans, and indigenous people.
Click here to see the first 32 winners of multi-million-dollar federal workforce grants.
Seven entities received awards of more than $23 million. The WTIA Workforce Institute, which manages apprenticeship programs in technology for underserved communities, got $23.5 million for programs in 11 states. (These are the most and least federally dependent states.)
32. United Way of Central Iowa
> Grant: $1,794,717
> Industry: Healthcare
> State: Iowa
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31. Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board
> Grant: $3,439,407
> Industry: Transportation, distribution, and logistics
> State: Oregon
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30. Lakota Funds
> Grant: $5,000,000
> Industry: Building and construction
> State: South Dakota
29. North Central New Mexico Economic Development District
> Grant: $6,353,173
> Industry: Healthcare; Building and construction
> State: New Mexico
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28. Charleston Chamber Foundation
> Grant: $8,423,552
> Industry: Healthcare
> State: South Carolina
27. Dallas College
> Grant: $8,760,995
> Industry: Bio-medical
> State: Texas
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26. The Chamber Foundation
> Grant: $9,621,600
> Industry: Agriculture and food production; Information technology; manufacturing
> State: North Dakota & Minnesota
25. Alaska Primary Care Association
> Grant: $9,706,966
> Industry: Healthcare
> State: Alaska
24. Miami Dade College
> Grant: $9,999,939
> Industry: Information technology
> State: Florida
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23. City of Birmingham
> Grant: $10,764,981
> Industry: Healthcare
> State: Alabama
22. Hampton Roads Workforce Council
> Grant: $11,006,941
> Industry: Water and blue economy; energy and resilience
> State: Virginia & North Carolina
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21. UnidosUS
> Grant: $11,380,401
> Industry: Aerospace & defense; Building and construction; financial and professional services
> State: Puerto Rico & Colorado
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20. Workforce Solutions Rural Capital
> Grant: $12,087,373
> Industry: Building and construction; Information technology; Healthcare
> State: Texas
19. Illinois Central College
> Grant: $14,641,135
> Industry: Information technology
> State: Illinois
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18. Nevadaworks
> Grant: $14,895,601
> Industry: Healthcare; information technology; manufacturing; Transportation, distribution, and logistics
> State: Nevada
17. Persevere
> Grant: $15,368,492
> Industry: Information technology
> State: Tennessee
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16. University of Hawaii
> Grant: $16,351,025
> Industry: Healthcare; information technology; energy and resilience; film, arts, & media
> State: Hawaii
15. City of Springfield
> Grant: $17,500,000
> Industry: Healthcare; Transportation, distribution, and logistics; Education
> State: Missouri
14. Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
> Grant: $18,548,723
> Industry: Healthcare; manufacturing; transportation, distribution, and logistics; information technology
> State: Illinois
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13. City of New York Human Resources Administration
> Grant: $18,637,748
> Industry: Transportation, distribution, and logistics; building and construction
> State: New York
12. Foundation for California Community Colleges
> Grant: $21,464,202
> Industry: Forestry and fire safety
> State: California
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11. Mid-South Center for Occupational Innovation
> Grant: $21,524,841
> Industry: Building and construction; manufacturing; transportation, distribution, and logistics
> State: Arkansas, Mississippi, & West Tennessee
10. Philadelphia Works, Inc
> Grant: $22,776,361
> Industry: Healthcare; building and construction; energy and resilience
> State: Pennsylvania
9. Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees
> Grant: $22,871,501
> Industry: Transportation, distribution, and logistics; healthcare; manufacturing; education
> State: Florida
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8. Maryland Department of Labor
> Grant: $22,952,185
> Industry: Energy and resilience
> State: Maryland
7. Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston
> Grant: $23,002,304
> Industry: Healthcare; energy and resilience; childcare
> State: Massachusetts
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6. Fresno County Economic Development Corporation
> Grant: $23,015,216
> Industry: Professional and financial services; transportation, distribution, and logistics; manufacturing; building and construction
> State: California
5. Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Educational and Industrial Development Institute
> Grant: $23,492,808
> Industry: Manufacturing
> State: Ohio
4. Washington Student Achievement Council
> Grant: $23,500,000
> Industry: Healthcare; information technology; financial and professional services; energy and resilience; manufacturing; building and construction
> State: Washington
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3. WTIA Workforce Institute
> Grant: $23,500,000
> Industry: System development
> State: Nationwide (WA, MO, AL, VA, TX, NV, PA, NJ, NC, LA, OH)
2. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
> Grant: $23,687,365
> Industry: Energy and resilience
> State: North Carolina
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1. Office of Workforce Strategy
> Grant: $23,930,442
> Industry: Manufacturing; healthcare; information technology, bio-medical
> State: Connecticut
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