U.S. Dept. of Labor grants Pa. $6 million for green job training
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Pennsylvania is a big winner in the newest round of grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor for state work force training programs.
State officials said yesterday that Pennsylvania would receive $6 million out of $190 million being given nationwide for State Energy Sector Partnership and Training Grants, described as "designed to support green jobs training that will lead to good paying jobs in a new clean economy."
The funds will be used by the state Department of Labor and Industry to create the Pennsylvania Center for Green Careers.
The center's goal will be to help more than 1,000 people receive degrees or certificates that lead to job placement in one of 81 target occupations, and to help another 300-plus people with basic skills training and supportive services.
The occupations being targeted by the center include those in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, pollution prevention and environmental cleanup, clean transportation, and agriculture and resource conservation.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said the agency awarded 34 grants, ranging from $2.5 million to $6 million. The funds were authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the stimulus package passed shortly after President Barrack Obama took office.
First Published January 21, 2010 12:00 am
