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Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy is being awarded a $23.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the creation of the Strengthening Sectoral Partnerships Initiative.
Connecticut’s Office of Workforce Strategy will receive $24 million in federal funding to expand job training programs that have struggled to meet demand amid a shortage of skilled workers in the state. The OWS was one of 32 recipients selected for the Commerce Department’s $500 million “Good Jobs Challenge” program, funded through the American Rescue Plan and administered by Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
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“This is another significant grant for us to be able to continue our workforce efforts,” said Max Reiss, a spokesman for Gov. Ned Lamont.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced grant awards today 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. Wyoming was not selected from the applicants.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced a program Wednesday that will use $35 million in federal funding to bolster the state’s health care workforce. At a news conference in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State...