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Investing $25M in Montana’s future workforce

September 24, 2013 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

What happens when 13 colleges and 57 businesses collaborate statewide to meet student and employer needs for job training?

Montana will find out over the next four years as a consortium of two-year colleges uses a $25 million federal grant to get Montanans ready for careers in energy and advanced manufacturing fields.

The grant includes support for development of basic skills needed to succeed in college courses, with particular emphasis on math, according to John Cech, deputy commissioner of higher education for two-year colleges.

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