Governor Rendell Announces $26 Million to Train Workers, Strengthen Businesses
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Governor Edward G. Rendell today said workers in high-growth, high-demand industries will be able to improve their skills and improve their careers through the state investment of $12 million in industry partnerships which leverages $14 million in private-sector funds.
“For Pennsylvania to lead in the global marketplace, our workers must be more highly skilled and better trained than any of the competition,” Governor Rendell said. “Industry partnerships are helping employers in our state’s most important industries prepare themselves and their employees for the future.”
There are more than 6,100 companies currently working together in 90 active partnerships. Over the last four years, more than 61,000 employees have received advanced skills training through the program.
“Today’s workplace is knowledge-based and globally connected,” Governor Rendell said. “By investing in training, developing career ladders and connecting employees with opportunities to succeed, industry partnerships are helping position Pennsylvania as a leading player in today’s economy.”
The state’s strategic investments announced today provide nearly $9 million for workforce training in key industries and $3 million to develop industry partnerships in which employers, workers and workers’ representatives from vital industries cooperate to improve their collective competitive position in the marketplace.
These targeted investments, made possible through funding by the General Assembly and administered by local workforce investment boards, help industry partnership participants identify specific training needs and skill gaps, help connect young people to careers, help educational and training institutions arrange curriculum to meet business demands, address worker recruitment and retention, develop career ladders within companies, highlight best practices, and promote communication among companies.
Applications and eligibility guidelines for industry partnership and industry partnership worker training program grants are available online at http://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us/ under the “Governor Rendell’s Strategy for Building a Skilled Workforce” quick link.
The Rendell administration is committed to creating a first-rate public education system, protecting our most vulnerable citizens and continuing economic investment to support our communities and businesses. To find out more about Governor Rendell’s initiatives and to sign up for his weekly newsletter, visit http://www.governor.state.pa.us/.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A list of grant recipients and key industries follows.
Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $85,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $170,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Energy
Adams, Centre, Clarion, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Erie, Forest, Franklin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union, Venango, Warren and York counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $85,000 grant with $8,500 local funds; Total: $93,500 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $181,425 grant with $181,425 local funds; Total: $362,850 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $65,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $150,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $100,000 grant with $375,000 local funds; Total: $475,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Logistics & Transportation
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lebanon, Perry and York counties
Industry Partnership Grants — $85,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $170,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $85,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $170,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $300,000 grant with $742,500 local funds; Total: $1,042,500 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $300,000 grant with $330,000 local funds; Total: $630,000 – South Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Allegheny, Beaver, Greene and Washington counties Industry Partnership Grant — $110,000 grant with $125,000 local funds; Total: $235,000 – Southwest Corner Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Southwest Corner Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Westmoreland counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $110,000 grant with $140,000 local funds; Total: $250,000 – Southwest Corner Workforce Investment Board – Energy (Mining) Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $275,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $575,000 – Southwest Corner Workforce Investment Board – Energy (Mining)
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington and Westmoreland counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $125,000 grant with $50,000 local funds; Total: $175,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Energy Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $285,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $585,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Energy
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $85,000 grant with $150,000 local funds; Total: $235,000 – Westmoreland/Fayette Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $400,000 local funds; Total: $700,000 – Westmoreland/Fayette Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties Industry Partnership Grants — $85,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $170,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $76,000 grant with $120,000 local funds; Total: $196,000 – Westmoreland/Fayette Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $200,000 grant with $200,000 local funds; Total: $400,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Westmoreland/Fayette Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction Allegheny and Philadelphia counties Industry Partnership Grant — $125,000 grant with $200,000 local funds; Total: $325,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Energy (Utilities) Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $725,000 local funds; Total: $1,025,000 – Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board – Energy (Utilities)
Armstrong, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, Warren and Westmoreland counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $74,025 grant with $74,025 local funds; Total: $148,050 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Energy Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $250,000 grant with $529,893 local funds; Total: $779,893 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Energy Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties Industry Partnership Grant — $85,000 grant with $85,000 local funds; Total: $170,000 – Tri-County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Tri-County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset counties Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $172,257 grant with $199,873 local funds; Total: $372,130 – Southern Alleghenies Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Berks County Industry Partnership Grant — $48,778 grant with $60,878 local funds; Total: $109,656 – Berks County Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction
Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties
Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing
Berks, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill and Wayne counties
Industry Partnership Grant — $48,500 grant with $50,000 local funds; Total: $98,500 – Lackawanna Workforce Investment Board – Business & Financial Services Berks and Lancaster counties Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing
Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming counties
Industry Partnership Grants — $65,000 grant with $79,000 local funds; Total: $144,000 – Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $110,000 grant; Total: $110,000 – Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction — $85,000 grant with $33,000 local funds; Total: $118,000 – Northern Tier Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $100,000 grant with $120,000 local funds; Total: $220,000 – Pocono Counties Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $200,000 grant with $292,000 local funds; Total: $492,000 – Lackawanna Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $120,000 grant with $120,000 local funds; Total: $240,000 – Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction — $300,000 grant with $95,000 local funds; Total: $395,000 – Northern Tier Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $300,000 grant with $480,000 local funds; Total: $780,000 – Pocono Counties Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties Industry Partnership Grants — $65,000 grant with $50,000 local funds; Total: $115,000 – Bucks County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $85,000 grant with $200,000 local funds; Total: $285,000 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Energy — $90,000 grant with $308,915 local funds; Total: $398,915 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Bio-Medical Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $200,000 grant with $350,000 local funds; Total: $550,000 – Bucks County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $280,000 grant with $400,000 local funds; Total: $680,000 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Energy — $250,000 grant with $377,903 local funds; Total: $627,903 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Bio-Medical Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties Industry Partnership Grant — $65,105 grant with $7,000 local funds; Total: $72,105 – Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing
Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren counties
Industry Partnership Grants — $85,000 grant with $30,000 local funds; Total: $115,000 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Lumber, Wood & Paper — $85,000 grant with $47,775 local funds; Total: $132,775 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Agriculture & Food Processing Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $150,000 grant with $150,000 local funds; Total: $300,000 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Agriculture & Food Processing — $78,750 grant with $75,000 local funds; Total: $153,750 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Lumber, Wood & Paper Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean and Potter counties Industry Partnership Grant — $58,700 grant with $58,668 local funds; Total: $117,368 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $100,000 grant with $210,000 local funds; Total: $310,000 – North Central Workforce Investment Board – Health Care
Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties
Industry Partnership Grants — $82,950 grant with $8,295 local funds; Total: $91,245 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $14,700 grant with $2,000 local funds; Total: $16,700 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction — $30,795 grant with $3,098 local funds; Total: $33,893 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Energy — $60,900 grant with $6,090 local funds; Total: $66,990 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $31,710 grant with $3,171 local funds; Total: $34,881 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Lumber, Wood & Paper Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $194,250 grant with $194,251 local funds; Total: $388,501 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $82,257 grant with $82,257 local funds; Total: $164,514 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction — $16,800 grant with $16,800 local funds; Total: $33,600 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Energy — $42,000 grant with $42,000 local funds; Total: $84,000 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $17,850 grant with $17,851 local funds; Total: $35,701 – Central Workforce Investment Board – Lumber, Wood & Paper Chester and Delaware counties Industry Partnership Grant — $65,000 grant with $60,000 local funds; Total: $125,000 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $200,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $500,000 – Chester County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Venango and Warren counties Industry Partnership Grants — $65,000 grant with $42,500 local funds; Total: $107,500 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $85,000 grant with $42,500 local funds; Total: $127,500 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $200,000 grant with $135,000 local funds; Total: $335,000 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Advanced Materials & Diversified Manufacturing — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction
Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties
Industry Partnership Grants — $85,000 grant with $42,500 local funds; Total: $127,500 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $65,000 grant with $24,275 local funds; Total: $89,275 – West Central Workforce Investment Board – Building & Construction Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $300,000 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $600,000 – Northwest Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Delaware County Industry Partnership Grant — $65,000 grant with $77,251 local funds; Total: $142,251 – Delaware County Workforce Investment Board – Health care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $200,000 grant with $273,123 local funds; Total: $473,123 – Delaware County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Lancaster County Industry Partnership Worker Training Grants — $200,000 grant with $200,000 local funds; Total: $400,000 – Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board – Health Care — $200,000 grant with $200,000 local funds; Total: $400,000 – Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board – Agriculture & Food Processing Lehigh and Northampton counties Industry Partnership Grant — $12,500 grant; Total: $12,500 – Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $287,462 grant with $300,000 local funds; Total: $587,462 – Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Philadelphia County Industry Partnership Grant — $65,000 grant; Total: $65,000 – Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board – Health Care Industry Partnership Worker Training Grant — $175,000 grant with $250,000 local funds; Total: $425,000 – Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board – Health Care CONTACT: Christopher S. Manlove, 717-787-7530 (L&I) Chuck Ardo, 717-783-1116
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
CONTACT: Christopher S. Manlove, +1-717-787-7530 (L&I), or Chuck Ardo ofthe Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1-717-783-1116
Web Site: http://www.state.pa.us/