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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to United Way of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, to develop Central Iowa HealthWorks, a healthcare workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $9.6 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to The Chamber Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, to strengthen the skilled workforce needed to support the local agriculture, manufacturing, and technology industries in the border region of Minnesota and North Dakota.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $9.7 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Alaska Primary Care Association (APCA), Anchorage, Alaska, for Alaska’s Healthcare Workforce Pipeline Project to expand job opportunities and improve Alaska’s healthcare sector through training programs.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $10 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida, to establish Miami Tech Works, a cybersecurity workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $10.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the city of Birmingham, Alabama, to establish the Birmingham Region Health Partnership, a healthcare workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23.7 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, to create STEPs4GROWTH, a clean energy workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $21.5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Foundation for California Community Colleges, Sacramento, California, to develop and launch California Resilient Careers in Forestry, a forestry workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Office of Workforce Strategy, Hartford, Connecticut, to create the Strengthening Sectoral Partnerships Initiative, a manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, and bio-medical workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23.5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to WTIA Workforce Institute, Issaquah, Washington, to develop information technology workforce training programs across eleven U.S. states: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $14.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Nevadaworks, Reno, Nevada, to develop and launch the Northern Nevada Equity in Employment Project, which will bolster and diversify the regional economy by placing workers into positions in growth industries.