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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 Mid-South Center for Occupational Innovation, Memphis, Tennessee, to establish Opportunity Now!, an electric vehicle workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Lakota Funds, Kyle, South Dakota to create Building Jobs, Building Homes, a construction trades training program for residents of the nine Tribal reservations of South Dakota.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Philadelphia Works Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to develop The Coordinated Southeastern Pennsylvania Workforce Development System, a tri-sector workforce training coalition involving the healthcare, clean energy, and construction industries.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board, Coos Bay, Oregon, to develop and launch Driving Prosperity, a career training and placement program for the trucking industry.

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 Ohio Manufacturers’ Association (OMA) Educational and Industrial Development Institute, Columbus, Ohio, to grow a diverse, new generation of skilled manufacturing workers in the state.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, Fresno, California, to develop and launch a program that aims to bolster and diversify the regional economy by placing thousands of workers into good-paying jobs.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $18.6 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to City of New York Human Resources Administration, New York, to create NYC Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers, a workforce development program for the local building and construction and transportation, distribution, and logistics industries.

​​​​​​​WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees, Fort Myers, Florida, to establish the Florida Gulf Coast University Southwest Florida Equitable Jobs Pipeline.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today is announcing the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Maryland Department of Labor, Baltimore, Maryland, to implement a new apprenticeship model to support the region’s growing offshore wind industry.

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.