NC A&T receiving $23M for clean energy workforce program

The NC A&T Good Jobs Challenge grant will create STEPs4GROWTH, a clean energy workforce training program that will start in high school and continue through college.
Posted 8/3/2022, 4:14:00 PM Updated 8/3/2022, 4:16:10 PM

WRAL EVENING NEWS OR NOT.

KEENAN WILLARD REPORTING LIVE

IN WAYNE COUNTY.

>> BIG NEWS FOR A LOCAL HBCU A

SHORT TIME AGO, GOVERNOR COOPER

ANNOUNCED THAT NORTH CAROLINA A

AND T WOULD RECEIVE MILLIONS

OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING

FOR A WORKFORCE PROGRAM.

W ERS FOREIGN TRADE OR EXPLAINS

THIS DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE

INITIATIVE. BRIAN, THIS IS ALL

PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE

PLAN. NORTH CAROLINA INTO

UNIVERSITY IS GETTING MORE THAN

23 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL

MONEY TO START A NEW WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. AND IT'S

DESIGNED TO BENEFIT COUNTIES

IN OUR AREA. GOVERNOR ROY

COOPER IS JOINING US. COMMERCE

SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO FOR

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. JUST START A

LITTLE WHILE AGO IN TEASE

WINNING PROGRAM IS CALLED STEPS

FOR GROWTH AND IT'S DESIGNED

TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO WORK IN

CLEAN ENERGY. THE PROGRAM WOULD

BRING TOGETHER INDUSTRY AND

SCHOOLS TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO WORK

IN THAT GROWING SECTOR. AND

IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP

ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED

COUNTIES IN PARTICULAR AND ONE

OF THE TARGET AREAS INCLUDES

WILSON, NASH EDGECOMBE, NORTH

HAMPTON AND HALIFAX COUNTIES,

NORTH CAROLINA. AND HE SAYS

THAT STEPS FOR GROWTH WILL

TRAIN AND PLACE 5,000 WORKERS

IN THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR OVER

4 YEARS. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE

HELPING TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT

THAT PROGRAM. THEY HOPE TO HAVE

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