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Feds open $53 million funding vein for workforce training

May 15, 2014/

The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it will award up to $53 million to work-training efforts across the country.

The federal Workforce Innovation Fund grants go to programs that prepare job seekers for in-demand, middle-skill jobs.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said during a conference call Wednesday that the focus of the program’s second funding round is two-fold: to help people find work and to help businesses expand.

By Molly Young | [email protected]

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