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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $18.5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, Chicago, Illinois, to create sustainable pipelines to good-paying jobs with a focus on communities on Chicago’s South and West sides.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today is announcing the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $11.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to UnidosUS, Washington, D.C. to implement multi-sector workforce training programs with a focus on Latino populations in Puerto Rico and Denver, Colorado.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $12.1 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Workforce Solutions Rural Capital, Cedar Park, Texas, to create Rural Employers Infuse Vital Economic Success in Texas (REINVEST), an information technology, healthcare, and building and construction workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $8.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Dallas College, Dallas, Texas, to create the Grow the Biotech Workforce in North Texas to Meet Emerging Skill Needs via a Collaborative Partnership program.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today is announcing the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $15.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Persevere, Memphis, Tennessee to support the Tennessee Technology Workforce Alliance, an information technology workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $21.5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Mid-South Center for Occupational Innovation, Memphis, Tennessee, to establish Opportunity Now!, an electric vehicle workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Lakota Funds, Kyle, South Dakota to create Building Jobs, Building Homes, a construction trades training program for residents of the nine Tribal reservations of South Dakota.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Philadelphia Works Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to develop The Coordinated Southeastern Pennsylvania Workforce Development System, a tri-sector workforce training coalition involving the healthcare, clean energy, and construction industries.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.4 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board, Coos Bay, Oregon, to develop and launch Driving Prosperity, a career training and placement program for the trucking industry.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23.5 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Ohio Manufacturers’ Association (OMA) Educational and Industrial Development Institute, Columbus, Ohio, to grow a diverse, new generation of skilled manufacturing workers in the state.