俄亥俄州获逾600万美元阿巴拉契亚拨款 五个项目支持煤区转型就业
俄亥俄州州长迈克·德瓦恩、副州长吉姆·特雷塞尔与州发展部部长莉迪亚·米哈利克本周在Columbus宣布，逾600万美元的阿巴拉契亚区域委员会（ARC）资金将投向五个项目，支持受煤炭产业下滑影响社区的就业与经济发展。
其中，位于朴茨茅斯的肖尼州立大学将获得200万美元，现代化并扩建其工业化学项目，添置先进设备、升级课程，并新增证书、学位与职业发展项目；该校还将为中小学学生开展化学推广项目。三年执行期内，该项目预计服务5600多名中小学生、25家机构与10家企业，并开发三个工业化学领域的新学习项目。
这笔资金来自联邦「机会、就业与经济振兴伙伴关系」（POWER）倡议，旨在帮助阿巴拉契亚地区应对煤炭相关岗位流失，本轮项目包括建立提升就业韧性的培训项目、打通学生到职业的通道，以及为本地产业扩张改善基础设施。德瓦恩表示：「世世代代，阿巴拉契亚勤劳的人们为俄亥俄州与整个国家的电力供应作出贡献，建起围绕关键产业的强健社区。随着经济演变，我们有责任继续投资这些社区与生活在那里的人们。」
Ohio Directs More Than $6 Million in Appalachian Grants to Five Workforce Projects in Coal Communities
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik announced in Columbus this week that more than $6 million in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission will be directed toward five projects supporting workforce and economic development in communities impacted by the downturn of the coal industry.
Among them, Shawnee State University in Portsmouth will receive a $2 million grant to modernize and expand its industrial chemistry program through state-of-the-art equipment, an enhanced curriculum, and new certificates, degrees and professional development programs. The university will also implement Chemistry Outreach Programming for K-12 students. Over the three-year performance period, the project is expected to serve more than 5,600 K-12 students, 25 organizations and 10 businesses, and develop three new programs of study in the industrial chemistry field.
The funding is part of the federal Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, which helps Appalachian communities respond to coal-related job losses. Projects in this round include training programs to increase workforce resiliency, student-to-career pipelines, and infrastructure improvements to allow the expansion of local industry. "For generations, the hardworking people of Appalachia have helped power both Ohio and the nation as a whole, building strong communities around industries that were essential to our growth," DeWine said. "As our economy continues to evolve, we have a responsibility to ensure we're investing in those same communities and the people who call them home."
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