To Ensure Americans To Have Right Skills for Workforce, President Obama announced an award over $500 million in job training and apprenticeship grants
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden traveled to the Community College of Allegheny County in Oakdale, Pennsylvania and talked about the importance of reforming America’s job training programs.
In his remarks,Obama announced a nearly $500 million competition in which the federal government will award grants to community colleges and employers partnering together to develop job-Driven training programs.
In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama announced that Vice President Biden would lead a reform of America’s job training programs, making sure that these programs “train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now.”
President and Vice President visited the Community College of Allegheny County in Oakdale, Pennsylvania to announce progress on that reform.
Obama Said””CCAC is an outstanding model of the kind of job-driven training we’re trying to encourage all across the country.You’re doing something right that is making a difference in people’s lives — and we want to spread the word.”
The President first announced a nearly $500 million competition in which the federal government will award grants to community colleges and employers partnering together to develop job-driven training programs.
.He also announced a $100 million competition for American Apprenticeship Grants,
Courtesy White House
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President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker tour a classroom at the Community College of Allegheny County West Hills Center in Oakdale, Pa., April 16, 2014. Students Stephanie Womack & Zach Kuzma show the equipment that teaches students how to manipulate gears, pulleys, sprockets, etc. to adjust the speed and/or torque of a motor or system.