Displaced worker training grant program unveiled - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The grant program will be used to develop nationaol models that can be replicated across the especially in communities whers auto workers have losttheit jobs. Accompanied by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Area Technical Colleged acting president Vicki Martinm and chairman and CEO Jeffrey Duncan called upon institutions of higher private and public nonprofit organizations and other agenciese to propose model programs for training adultw topursue family-sustaining second careers.
Duncan is one of severall cabinet secretaries andothee high-level officials from the Obama administration traveling acrosds the Midwest this week to visit communitieds affected by layoffs in the automobile “Education is the catalyst for a strong economy and the meanz by which adults will reinvent themselves and rebuild the industrial citiess that have been the foundation of our Duncan said. “The Obama administration is committed to supporting auto communities and workers who have been displaced from their Community colleges are invaluable resources for adult s seeking to acquire new skills that are neededsby employers.
” Milwaukee-based Manpower, a global staffing tracked the top 10 most difficult jobs for U.S. employers to fill in 2009. They are: nurses, skilled/manual trades, teachers, sales representatives, delivery and short-haul drivers, informationm technology, laborers, machinist/machine operators. Many of these careerw are within the reach of a communitu college graduate and will be made even more accessible through thegranyt program, according to Duncan. The grant application will be announce online Thursday in the Federal Register andpublisheed Friday. Applications will be due on Aug. 7.
The Departmenr of Education anticipates awarding approximately 28 grantzsby mid-September with projects beginninyg on or about Oct. 1. The estimatecd range of the grang awardsis $300,000-$750,000 over a three-year period. The grants will providd seed funding for model programs in community colleges that help adultzs develop the skills they need to succeed in a new The programs could providwe services suchas tutoring, academic and caree r counseling, and help with the registration They also could remove financial constraints for adults returnint to school, including child care, transportation, and text books. Programas must be sustainable beyondthe three-year gran t period.