Eighteen community colleges will share $65 million through the fifth round of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program.
DOL said in a release that the grantees will provide workforce development across several industries, many of which align with the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda, such as advanced manufacturing, healthcare, IT, agriculture and infrastructure-related sectors, including transportation and broadband. The department noted grant recipients include a Tribally Controlled College, a Historically Black College and University, and five Hispanic-Serving Institutions, as well as 23 consortia members.
Nine colleges will receive roughly $5.75 million each, with the other nine getting about $1.5 million each.
The following member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges are receiving the grants:
- JF Drake State Community and Technical College (Alabama), $1.51 million
- Foothill-DeAnza Community College District (California), $5.63 million
- Trinidad State College (Colorado), $5.75 million
- Mott Community College (Michigan), $1.45 million
- Macomb Community College (Michigan), $1.51 million
- Ozarks Technical Community College (Missouri), $5.66 million
- Ocean County College (New Jersey), $5.75 million
- Lorain County Community College (Ohio), $5.75 million
- Southwestern Oregon Community College, $1.51 million
- Alvin Community College (Texas), $1.51 million
- Dallas College (Texas), $5.75 million
- Spokane Community College (Washington), $5.75 million
- West Virginia Northern Community College, $1.51 million
“Our Strengthening Community Colleges grantees run programs that help lift whole communities, like by helping community colleges equip workers with the skills they need right now, while strengthening workforce infrastructure,” said Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su. “This is how we fundamentally shift workforce training programs to better invest in improving the lives of America’s workers.”
Through five rounds of SCCT grants, DOL has invested $265 million, allowing 207 colleges in 35 states to address major workforce priorities for employers and workers in their respective states and local communities.
