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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIvy Tech Community College and the Indianapolis Private Industry Council will take advantage of nearly $10 million in grants
from the U.S. Department of Labor to help train some 1,700 unemployed and underemployed Indiana workers.
Announced
Friday by U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., the funding comes as part of the job-training grant program authorized by the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
With $5 million in grant money, Indianapolis-based Ivy Tech will implement a statewide
project to train more than 1,100 unemployed and displaced workers for careers in advanced manufacturing; transportation, distribution
and logistics; and information technology.
The private industry council, which received $4.8 million, will focus
on strengthening the pipeline of workers in health-care fields, with an emphasis on elevating workers
into critical-to-fill positions in registered nursing.
Training will be provided through a
nursing degree program taught on the campus of Clarian Health Partners. Simultaneously, the project will
recruit dislocated and unemployed workers for credentialed education in various health-care sectors.
The council expects to train 600 workers through the project.
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