Workforce Investment Board Gets $400K For Training
The North Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board has received $400,000 to help fund partnerships that will teach workers skills employers are seeking for jobs requiring more than a high school degree but less than a four-year degree.
It will be used to help prepare unemployed and underemployed people for jobs as machine operators, machine inspectors and computer numerical control machinists to support the advanced manufacturing industry in Central Massachusetts.
The grant is part of $4.5 million in funding released through the state’s Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund announced Thursday by Sen. Michael Moore, D-Millbury.
The funding comes from legislation signed by Gov. Deval Patrick in August that appropriated $5 million to support partnerships between employers, educational institutions and workforce organizations to train and upgrade workers' skills.
“By addressing the skills gap, we are strengthening the economy of the commonwealth by putting people back to work and ensuring qualified employees for our employers,” Moore said in a statement.
The funding will support 15 partnerships in the state that will train more than 850 people in industries that include health care, manufacturing, construction trades, hotel and hospitality, early education, and financial services.
To learn more about the fund, click here.
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