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$2B training program focuses on trade-impacted workers, partnerships with Community Colleges

February 3, 2011 /

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The federal government on Thursday announced that community colleges and their partners can apply for grants http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-10-03.pdf through a $2 billion training program geared toward workers dislocated because their jobs have moved abroad.

The departments had postponed announcing the new grants through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program for several months in hopes that Congress would adjust legislative language to expand the training to other workers. That didn’t happen, so the program is focusing on helping trade-impacted workers, according to federal officials.

However, although the program is designed to assist specific workers, federal officials noted that once the programs are developed or expanded, other students could enroll in them.

By Matthew Dembicki

Full Story: http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Government/TAA_grants.aspx

(Many thanks to Wolf Ametsbichler for passing this along.)