Biden-Harris administration awards nearly $94M to train, prepare diverse workforce for good jobs created by ‘Investing in Americ

Biden-Harris administration awards nearly $94M to train, prepare diverse workforce for good jobs created by ‘Investing in America’ agenda | U.S. Department of Labor
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Biden-Harris administration awards nearly $94M to train, prepare diverse workforce for good jobs created by ‘Investing in America’ agenda
Readying workers for infrastructure jobs, including union jobs, in 25 states, District of Columbia
WASHINGTON
– The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $94 million in grants to support 34 public-private partnerships to provide worker-centered sector strategy training programs in 25 states and the District of Columbia to meet workforce needs created by the Biden-Harris administration’s “Investing in America” agenda.
Creating pathways to high-quality jobs, including union jobs, is a key component of Bidenomics, the President’s economic agenda, which is growing the U.S. economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not from the top down.
Administered by the department’s
Employment and Training Administration
, the
Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program
will help grant recipients design, develop and grow training programs and work-based learning opportunities that prepare job seekers for high-demand, high-quality career pathways in advanced manufacturing, information technology and professional, scientific, and technical service occupations. The training will support jobs in the renewable energy, transportation and broadband infrastructure sectors created through the administration’s infrastructure investments.
“The Department of Labor is making investments that will serve as a down payment to meet the skilled workforce needs of President Biden’s historic Investing in America agenda,” said Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. “The Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs funding will help to train job seekers in advance manufacturing, information technology and professional, scientific, and technical occupations that support renewable energy, transportation and broadband infrastructure. We look forward to working with our grantees to help to strengthen and expand our workforce to provide opportunities for good-paying, family-sustaining jobs.”
The funding will help grant recipients design programs driven by industry needs and worker voice and create equitable pathways to good-paying infrastructure jobs. The programs will emphasize the delivery of training and supportive services, particularly to those from rural or historically marginalized, underserved and underrepresented communities.
“In order to rebuild this country back better than before, we must build career pathways to infrastructure jobs that include everyone. That’s why as President Biden’s Investing in America creates millions of good-paying union jobs, we’re expanding career training programs that unlock those opportunities to workers of all backgrounds,” said Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Mitch Landrieu. “This new, historic funding will help us put Americans to work as we grow our clean energy economy, expand access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet, and ensure that our infrastructure is resilient for decades to come.”
Projects funded by these grants will incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; strong career pathways to middle-to-high skilled jobs; and a focus on increasing job quality. The Building Pathways grants complement the department’s ongoing work to meet our nation’s infrastructure workforce needs, including by aligning Registered Apprenticeships and workforce programs at community colleges, and supporting state and local partnerships seeking to leverage workforce funding to support high-quality training and supportive services.
A list of the Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs grant recipients follows this release.
Recipient
City
State
Amount
California Workforce Development Board
Sacramento
CA
$5,000,000
Able-Disabled Advocacy Inc.
San Diego
CA
$3,482,517
The WorkPlace Inc.
Bridgeport
CT
$2,000,000
The Urban Institute
Washington
DC
$5,000,000
Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees
Fort Myers
FL
$1,999,976
Citrus Levy Marion Regional Workforce Development Board Inc.
Ocala
FL
$1,733,871
Atlanta Regional Commission
Atlanta
GA
$2,000,000
Communications Workers of America Local 7603
Meridian
ID
$1,999,815
Tecumseh Area Partnership Inc.
Lafayette
IN
$2,000,000
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo
IA
$5,000,000
Coastal Counties Workforce Inc.
Brunswick
ME
$2,000,000
Civic Works Inc.
Baltimore
MD
$2,000,000
Trustees of Clark University
Worcester
MA
$5,000,000
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
$1,998,286
Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno
NV
$1,944,085
Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico
Albuquerque
NM
$1,999,976
New York City Department of Youth & Community Development
New York
NY
$1,790,293
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester
NY
$2,000,000
Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties Inc.
Utica
NY
$1,999,341
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
NC
$1,815,868
Bismarck State College
Bismarck
ND
$1,996,246
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Columbus
OH
$5,000,000
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
$1,930,410
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City
OR
$1,994,070
Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board Inc./Partner4Work
Pittsburgh
PA
$3,748,078
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
Cranston
RI
$2,000,000
Roane State Community College
Harriman
TN
$1,444,545
Cameron Works, Inc., dba Workforce Solutions Cameron
Brownsville
TX
$1,991,745
Houston’s Capital Investment in Development and Employment of Adults Inc.
Houston
TX
$2,000,000
FLIPP Inc.
Dillwyn
VA
$1,983,701
Hampton Roads Workforce Council
Norfolk
VA
$5,000,000
Virginia Community College System
Richmond
VA
$5,000,000
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
Seattle
WA
$2,000,000
Employ Milwaukee Inc.
Milwaukee
WI
$4,989,684
Total
$93,842,507
Agency
Employment and Training Administration
Date
September 26, 2023
Release Number
23-2037-NAT
Media Contact:
Jake Andrejat
Phone Number
202-693-6139
Email
Andrejat.Jacob.G@dol.gov
Media Contact:
Monica Vereen
Phone Number
202-693-4686
Email
vereen.monica.c@dol.gov
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