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Donnelly: Ivy Tech Community College Grant Will Help Prepare Hoosiers for In-Demand Jobs
[September 30, 2014]

Donnelly: Ivy Tech Community College Grant Will Help Prepare Hoosiers for In-Demand Jobs


(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The office of Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today welcomed a federal grant jointly awarded by the Departments of Labor and Education that will allow Ivy Tech Community College to support job-driven training programs focused on information technology careers.



Donnelly said, "I am pleased the Departments of Labor and Education have awarded Ivy Tech Community College this grant to help prepare Hoosiers for in-demand information technology jobs. This grant will support partnerships between Ivy Tech and Indiana employers to establish curricula designed to match employer needs. This will ensure that students are trained in programs that are likely to lead to employment, while Hoosier employers will benefit from a workforce with the skills needed to succeed in today's economy. We have a lot of work to do to bridge the skills gap, but this effort should bring us one step closer." Thomas J. Snyder, Ivy Tech Community College President, said, "A well-educated workforce is essential to strengthening Indiana's economy, and this generous grant will help us continue to provide educational opportunities in career fields showing large growth across the state, ensuring we can provide the programs and services that best meet the needs of our students and Indiana's employers." As part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCT) competitive grant program, Ivy Tech will be awarded nearly $2.5 million to help Hoosiers across Indiana gain skills demanded by employers in the information technology sector.

This fall semester, Ivy Tech opened a new School of Computing and Informatics, where students can study database management, informatics, software development, information technology support, network infrastructure, server administration, cybersecurity information assurance, or computer science. Ivy Tech's grant proposal said it would target all 92 counties in Indiana and would anticipate providing IT training for more than 13,900 students, with more than 4,400 completing one or more credentials and more than 4,000 students placed in jobs or advancing in employment.


This grant builds on the priorities and initiatives in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which became law in July. WIOA included elements of Donnelly's AMERICA Works Act and echoes the priorities outlined by Donnelly in the Skills Gap Strategy Act to ensure job training programs are better aligned with the jobs and skills that are in demand now.

The TAACCT grant program, administered by the Departments of Labor and Education, provides community colleges and other eligible higher education institutions with resources to partner with employers to expand and improve education and career training programs in industries such as information technology, health care, advanced manufacturing, and energy, among others.

For more information about the grant program, go to http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct.

For more information on how Senator Donnelly's office can assist cities, municipalities, and groups applying for federal grants, please visit http://www.donnelly.senate.gov/help/grants.

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