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Governor Granholm has made job creation, economic diversification, and worker training the cornerstones of her administration, and Recovery Act programs will allow us to enhance our efforts on each of these fronts. The No Worker Left Behind initiative has already trained more than 61,000 Michigan workers for jobs in high wage and emerging industries. The additional job training dollars in the Recovery Act will give Michigan the resources to prepare many more of our workers for 21st century careers. |
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• Community Service Employment for Older Americans - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor-administered grants to provide part-time employment opportunities for low-income seniors. | • Energy Training Partnership Grants - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor grants to provide training and placement services to prepare workers to enter the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, as well as green occupations within other industries. Grants will also fund research contributing to the understanding of green jobs and industries through training or Labor Market Information (LMI). | • Green Capacity Building Grants - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor-administered grants to fund workforce development projects that focus on connecting target populations, including auto and auto-related industry workers affected by significant automotive-related restructurings, to career pathways in green industries. | • Healthcare & High Growth Industry Grants - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor grants to support workforce training in health care, high growth and emerging industries, and assist individuals impacted by the recession by providing training and job placement, including the transition of auto and auto-related workers. | • Pathways Out of Poverty Grants - GRANT CLOSED U.S. Dept. of Labor administered grants to build cohesive training and support programs that will help target populations find pathways out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency through employment in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. | • State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) and Training Grants - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor grants to facilitate creation of statewide energy sector strategies, with the goal of developing a national workforce that is ready to meet the demands of the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.
| • State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants - GRANT CLOSED Department of Labor grants to State Workforce Agencies to collect, analyze, and disseminate labor market information, and to use that information to build and implement effective workforce development strategies, and to enhance the labor exchange infrastructure for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. | • Strengthening Communities Fund - GRANT CLOSED Grants to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to address economic recovery issues in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and federal benefits and tax credits.
| • Training Program Development for Commercial Building Equipment Technicians, Building Operators, and Energy Commissioning Agents/Auditors - GRANT CLOSED Department of Energy grants to fund the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, operators, and energy commissioning agents/auditors, preparing them to run and tune building systems for optimal energy efficiency.
| • Workforce Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grants (NEGs) Department of Labor funds for National Emergency Grants, with an emphasis on serving areas of high unemployment or high poverty, designed response to plant closings, mass layoffs and other worker dislocations. |
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