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Philadelphia, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) is pleased to announce the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $22.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to Philadelphia Works Inc. to develop The Coordinated Southeastern Pennsylvania Workforce Development System, a tri-sector workforce training coalition involving healthcare, clean energy, and construction industries. 

Through partnership with leading employers, this program will create pathways into good-paying, union jobs with a focus on underserved communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

“I’m so pleased to see funding from the American Rescue Plan continue to flow into Pennsylvania to advance our region’s workforce priorities and accelerate equitable economic recovery,” said Rep. Scanlon. “This investment from the Economic Development Administration will have an incredible impact on Philadelphia Works’s efforts to design and launch an inclusive, streamlined, and coordinated workforce development training program that will grow economic opportunities for all Pennsylvanians.”

This grant is funded through the American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge. The program is awarding grants to 32 worker-centered, industry-led workforce training partnerships across the country. The $500 million program is expanding opportunities for more Americans to access and secure good-paying jobs by investing in innovative approaches to advance worker-centered, industry-led workforce training partnerships.

This announcement builds on Rep. Scanlon’s record of advocating for federal funding for Philadelphia Works and other workforce development initiatives. Earlier this year, she secured $1 million in new federal funding for a workforce training program for formerly incarcerated Philadelphians through the Fiscal Year 2022 federal government funding package passed by Congress in March.

Find more information on Philadelphia Works’s project here. 

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