Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will receive $488,735 to expand laboratory capacity in the computer information technologies lab at its Southbridge location with an eye towards training the unemployed and underemployed.
The funding is part of $2.6 million in Workforce Skills Capital Grants distributed Tuesday by the Baker Administration to seven high schools, community colleges and an educational collaborative. The QCC funding will support training for unemployed and under-employed individuals located with the Southbridge office of the Workforce Central Career Center, according to a release from the school.
The Workforce Skills Capital Grant Program was a new initiative of the Governor’s Workforce Skills Cabinet, which seeks to align education, workforce and economic development strategies across the state.
