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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, to create the Greater Boston Region Workforce Training System, a healthcare, energy and resilience, and childcare workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, Fresno, California, to develop and launch a program that aims to bolster and diversify the regional economy by placing thousands of workers into good-paying jobs.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today is announcing the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Maryland Department of Labor, Baltimore, Maryland, to implement a new apprenticeship model to support the region’s growing offshore wind industry.

​​​​​​​WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees, Fort Myers, Florida, to establish the Florida Gulf Coast University Southwest Florida Equitable Jobs Pipeline.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $18.6 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to City of New York Human Resources Administration, New York, to create NYC Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers, a workforce development program for the local building and construction and transportation, distribution, and logistics industries.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $10 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida, to establish Miami Tech Works, a cybersecurity workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to United Way of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, to develop Central Iowa HealthWorks, a healthcare workforce training program.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $9.6 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to The Chamber Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, to strengthen the skilled workforce needed to support the local agriculture, manufacturing, and technology industries in the border region of Minnesota and North Dakota.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $9.7 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Alaska Primary Care Association (APCA), Anchorage, Alaska, for Alaska’s Healthcare Workforce Pipeline Project to expand job opportunities and improve Alaska’s healthcare sector through training programs.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $14.9 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Nevadaworks, Reno, Nevada, to develop and launch the Northern Nevada Equity in Employment Project, which will bolster and diversify the regional economy by placing workers into positions in growth industries.