$1.7MM Awarded to MSU – Great Falls and Flathead Valley CC for expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train workers with the skills employers need.

On September 19, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced $500 million in grants to create and expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train workers with the skills employers need.

You can access summaries of grantees by state with project descriptions here. http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/pdf/taaccctGranteeSummary.pdf

For maps of grant totals by state for round one, and combined totals from round one and round two, please access them here. http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/pdf/taaccctMaps.pdf

Montana State University-Great Falls, $977,535; Flathead
Valley Community College, $737,642

Full Program info: http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/grantawards.cfm