To date, three announcements have been made awarding grants under this application. Note that there is no closing date to this action and that grant applications are still being accepted.
Announcement One: December 11, 2001
H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant Awards Announced
Over $23 Million Going to Local Communities to Help With Skills Training
WASHINGTON- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced today grant awards
totaling over $24 million under the H-1B Technical Skills Training grant program. The
grants were awarded to local communities to provide high-level training to employed and
unemployed workers for jobs in occupations where skills shortages exist.
"These grants will provide much needed skills training in high growth industries such as
health services and information technology," Chao said. "This is helping build the 21st
Century workforce and is part of the administration's commitment to keeping Americans
employed in good paying jobs and our training programs targeted to
occupations-in-demand."
H-1B Technical Skills Training grants are supported by user fees paid by employers
seeking high skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program. The goal of the training
grants is to prepare Americans for these same high skill jobs, reducing the dependence on
foreign labor.
The grant recipients are:
Pima County Community Services Department Tucson, Ariz.
$3,000,000
Workforce Investment Board City of Richmond Richmond, Calif.
$2,973,575
Riverside County Economic Development Agency Riverside, Calif.
$2,231,618
City of Sunnyvale NOVA Workforce Board Sunnyvale, Calif.
$2,995,892
Workforce Central Florida Winter Park, Fla.
$2,987,644
Central Iowa Employment & Training Consortium Des Moines, Iowa
State of North Dakota Department of Commerce Bismarck, N.D.
$2,114,313
Shenandoah Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc. Harrisonburg, Va.
$2,404,732
Announcement Two: March 12, 2002
OPA News Release: [03/12/2002]
Contact Name: Kate Whitman
H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant Awards Announced
Over $23 Million Going to Local Communities to Help With Skills Training
WASHINGTON- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced grant awards
totaling more than $23 million under the H-1B Technical Skills Training grant program. The
grants were awarded to local communities to provide high-level training to employed and
unemployed workers for jobs in occupations where skills shortages exist.
"These grants will provide much needed skills training in high growth industries such as
health services and information technology," Chao said. "This is helping build the 21st
Century workforce and is part of the administration's commitment to keeping Americans
employed in good paying jobs and our training programs targeted to
occupations-in-demand."
H-1B Technical Skills Training grants are supported by user fees paid by employers
seeking high skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program. The goal of the training
grants is to prepare Americans for these same high skill jobs, reducing the dependence on
foreign labor.
The grant recipients are:
Maricopa County Human Service Department Phoenix, Ariz.
$3,000,000
Workforce Investment Council of the District of Columbia Washington, D.C.
$2,972,000
Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Springfield, Mass.
$3,000,000
Hennepin County Workforce Investment Board Minneapolis, Minn.
$3,000,000
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Marshall, Minn.
$3,000,000
Workforce Investment Board of Herkimer Madison, and Oneida Counties,
Utica, N.Y.
$2,602,008
Capital Area Workforce Development Board Raleigh, N.C.
$2,590,952
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board Philadelphia, Pa.
$3,000,000
Announcement Three: June 2002
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION USDOL
CONTACT: Gwen Zuares OFFICE: 202/693-3366
SECRETARY OF LABOR ANNOUNCES $19,063,250 FOR H-1B SKILL TRAINING GRANTS.
As a result of a recent procurement action, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, a partner in the America's Workforce Network, is awarding $19,063,250 to seven organizations. A list of the awardees and amounts is attached. These H1-B skills training grants seek to provide high level training to employed and unemployed workers that will enable those workers to fill jobs in occupational areas where there have been skill shortages, and for which employers have sought workers under H-1B visas. The grants are supported by user fees paid by employers seeking high skilled foreign workers under the H1B visa program. The period of performance for each grant is for twenty-four months.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
NOTIFICATION OF AWARD
NAME OF PROJECT: H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AWARDEES:
AWARD AMOUNT
Houston-Galveston Area Council
3555 Timmons Lane
Houston, Texas 77027
$2,997,039
WorkForce One (FKA B.E.T.A.)
3800 Inverrary Boulevard, Suite 400
Lauderhill, FL 33319
$1,135,877
South Plains Regional Workforce Development Board
1301 Broadway Street, Suite 201
Lubbock, Texas 79401
$2,930,388
Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Workforce Development Center
892 Main Street, Suite A
Pewaukee, WI 53072
$3,000,000
WorkSource for Dallas County
1201 Main Street, Suite 2700
Dallas, Texas 75202
$3,000,000
Workforce Investment Board City of San Francisco
1650 Mission Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94103
$2,999,946
Alliance for Business and Training
P.O. Box 249
Elizabethton, TN 37644
