ETA awards over $12 Million for
Health Care and Biotechnology Training Projects
under the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative
On June 7, 2005, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced the award of over $12 million to 12 organizations to address opportunities to build a world-class health care and biotechnology workforce. The grants were awarded as a result of a Sept. 17, 2004, Department of Labor Solicitation for Grant Applications and will implement innovative solutions to industry-identified challenges in the context of a strategic partnership between the public workforce system, business and industry representatives, and education and training providers. Four grants will fund biotechnology industry training, six will fund health care industry training, and two projects will provide cross-industry training. Additional information about the grants, which will advance projects in Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin, is available below.
Read the news releases.
Read about the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative.
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