The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a nearly $9 million grant to the Augusta Economic Development Authority.
The grant comes via the labor department’s H-1B One Workforce Grant program. The program is designed to create “a strong and consistent pipeline of veterans and military spouses to fill key IT and cybersecurity roles at businesses throughout the CSRA,” according to a joint press release provided by the Augusta Economic Development Authority and the Georgia Cyber Center.
This is a tremendous opportunity to directly impact our region and the lives of the transitioning service members and military spouses,” said Steven Kendrick, chairman of the Augusta Economic Development Authority. “With approximately 1,000 service members separating from the military at Fort Gordon each year, along with the spouses of over 30,000 employees on Fort Gordon, we will provide up-skilling and re-skilling programs that provide them the skills needed to fill the open positions in our region and across the state. We foresee this having a tremendous and positive impact on our emerging and growing IT and cybersecurity industry.”
The public-private partnerships created by this award will link local industry, education and training providers, the workforce system, with state and local government in their work of meeting employer demand for workers.
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