State grants to offer workforce training have been awarded to the following colleges and universities.
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• Arkansas State University Mid-South, Arkansas Delta accelerating pathways, $988,570.
• Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, creating a talent pipeline to advance manufacturing, $358,258.
• Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, programming/mobile application development, $865,216.
• Arkansas State University-Newport, northeast Arkansas agricultural technology education, $669,262.
• Arkansas Tech University-Ozark, Arkansas Tech University career training alliance, $664,325.
• Black River Technical College, training tomorrow's workers today, $943,759.
• Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas, regional advanced manufacturing partnership: building the pipeline, $827,203.
• College of the Ouachitas, high school pre-apprenticeship career pathways, $520,007.
• North Arkansas College, advanced manufacturing and emerging clinical health care workforce initiative, $988,570.
• National Park College, innovative technologies center of excellence, $894,181.
• Northwest Arkansas Community College, constructing the future, $815,570.
• Philander Smith College, central Arkansas center for workforce innovation and strategic economic public private partnership (WISE P3), $851,271.
• Rich Mountain Community College, expanding workforce programs in rural Arkansas, $356,741.
• South Arkansas Community College, futures in information technology, $387,140.
• Southern Arkansas University Tech, aerospace defense sector certification pathways, $874,924.
• University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, University of Arkansas workforce alliance, $905,891.
• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, IT Readiness, $851,062.
• University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, cyber systems program, $984,183.
• University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, robot automation program, $987,646.
• University of Arkansas at Monticello, workforce alliance of southeast Arkansas, $988,570.
NOTE: Information about each grant proposal can be found online at adhe.edu/institutions/regional-workforce-grants/regional-workforce-planning-grant-awards.
Metro on 07/29/2016