Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that 75 businesses, schools, and community-based organizations across the state have been awarded nearly $9.5 million as part of the State's historic Workforce Development Initiative.
Funding and incentives provided by Department of Labor, Empire State Development and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will support critical job training and employment opportunities in high-demand industries for nearly 5,000 New Yorkers across the State.
New York's Regional Economic Development Councils have a key role in recommending applications for funding, based on regional economic needs and opportunities. Businesses and organizations receiving Workforce Development awards include:
Capital Region: SUNY Adirondack; Sysco Albany LLC; Youth FX Inc.
Central New York: Advocates; Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse; D&W Diesel Inc.; Oswego County; Responsive to Our Community; Specialized Distribution Solutions
Finger Lakes: Lifetime Assistance; Rochester Institute of Technology; Rochester Rehabilitation Center, Inc.; Seneca Cayuga Yates Counties Chapter NYSARC Inc (DBA Mozaic); Turner Underground Installations
Long Island: Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities Inc.; AVNA Global Inc; East End Disability Associates Inc; Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc (FREE); Infinity Drain; Nassau Community College; Nicholas Center; NYIT; Spectrum Designs Foundation; Viability Inc.
Mid-Hudson: Ability Beyond Disability, Inc.; Choice Films at Umbra Stages; Greyston Foundation, Inc.; Westchester Medical Center Health Network
New York City: BioBus, Inc; Brooklyn Communities Collaborative; Building Skills NY; City College of New York ; Cresilon, Inc.; Cureatr, Inc.; East Side House, Inc.; Envisagenics, Inc.; Fesarius Therapeutics, Inc.; Grace Institute of New York; Henry Street Settlement; Kinnos; Lucerna, Inc.; NPower Inc.; NYCDCC Apprenticeship Journeyman Retraining Educational & Industry Fund; Quadrus Medical Technologies; Redesign Science, Inc.; Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc.; Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation; Roulette Intermedium; Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.; Sephardic Bikur Holim; SoHarlem; Steven Winter Associates and Allied Partners Residential Management; STRIVE International Inc.; Sunnyside Community Services; Thomas White Jr Foundation Inc.; Upwardly Global; Vant AI, Inc.; XL Batteries; Youth Action YouthBuild
North Country: Alcoa USA Corporation; Jefferson-Lewis BOCES; North Country Chamber of Commerce; North Country Workforce Partnership, Inc.; Ready4Real ETS
Southern Tier: Broome County Urban League; Broome Tioga Workforce; Buckingham Manufacturing Co Inc.; Fortitude Industries Inc.; Owego Apalachin Central School District
Western New York: Catholic Charities of Buffalo NY; Fresenius Kabi; Mercy Flight.
As New York continues to move forward through the reopening process, the New York State Department of Labor has been working to connect every job seeker in New York with the right job opportunity. DOL has been encouraging both businesses in need of workers, and New Yorkers in need of a job, to take advantage of its Jobs Express website at jobs.ny.gov.
There are over 133,000 job openings across the state from businesses looking to hire immediately. These workforce development grants will help provide workers training who want to gain the skills for new, fulfilling jobs. ■