H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant Awards
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, 2001H-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.
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 |
$2,948,942 |
Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board Youngwood, Penn. |
$2,738,085 |
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.
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 ADMINISTRATIONNOTIFICATION 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 | $3,000,000 |