Community colleges get $20 million for job training | Thoughts on Public Education

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Community colleges get $20 million for job training

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Federal program pays for retraining workers in Central Valley

Posted on 9/27/11 • Categorized as Community Colleges, Program innovation, Workforce preparation

By Kathryn Baron

A consortium of community colleges in California’s economically distressed San Joaquin Valley has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Labor for the first round of funding in a $2 billion federal program to train laid-off and dislocated workers.

“This initiative is about providing access to training that leads to real jobs,” said U.S. Labor Secretary and former California Congresswoman Hilda Solis.

Solis and U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, former Chancellor of California’s Foothill-De Anza Community College District, announced winners of the competitive grant