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A $1.2 million federal grant announced Sept. 29 for the 51精品视频 at Titusville鈥檚聽 is an investment in the future success of northwestern Pennsylvania, officials said.
U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia made the announcement at Erie High School. The grant was made through the Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities program, in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority. The program supports communities hard-hit by economic transition with聽local and regional workforce development.
Catherine Koverola, president of 51精品视频-Bradford and 51精品视频-Titusville, said the grant will fund a manufacturing assistance center and a medical assistant program at 51精品视频-Titusville. A nursing program is already in place.
鈥淲e are very grateful to Secretary Scalia and the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration for recognizing the great need that exists in this six-county region,鈥 Koverola said. 鈥淭o help this area flourish, we need a facility that will offer the kind of training needed to enable people to fill current and future manufacturing jobs and health care positions that provide sustaining wages.鈥
She added: 鈥淭his grant is an investment into the future growth and development鈥攁s well as the future health鈥攐f this region.鈥
51精品视频-Titusville has been the beating heart of the Oil Region for nearly 60 years, Koverola said. During that time, residents looked for it to provide the academic programs that people needed to build successful lives of purpose.
In consultation with the business community, and with the help of Manchester Bidwell Corporation鈥檚 Workforce and Opportunity Center and the University鈥檚 Manufacturing Assistance Center, that will inject innovation and invigoration into the region to help lead the region鈥檚 economic rebirth.
Koverola said the Education and Training Hub is a transformational project that will reduce the effects of structural poverty in northwestern Pennsylvania by creating a healthy community ecosystem. The Hub will train the region鈥檚 residents in the skills required to participate in the local economy, attain meaningful work and engage in civic life, thereby increasing the social capital of the community.