德克萨斯州：逾170万美元技能培训补助发往休斯敦与里奥格兰德河谷，689名工人受训
德克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）10月29日宣布，州政府通过德克萨斯州劳动力委员会（TWC）的「技能发展基金」（Skills Development Fund）发放总计1,726,092美元培训补助，支持休斯敦地区和里奥格兰德河谷地区的企业员工培训，共689名工人受益。
四笔补助中，最大一笔78万2998美元发给特斯拉公司（Tesla Inc.），用于培训261名工人；第二笔69万零44美元发给 Texas Tissue LLC 与 Karsten Management LLC，培训300名工人；Watchfire Signs LLC 获8万3963美元，培训41名工人。
第四笔16万9087美元在麦卡伦市（McAllen）的里奥银行麦科尔中心（Rio Bank–McColl Center）颁发，给下里奥格兰德河谷劳动力解决方案机构及其合作伙伴，用于为 Denso Ten America、Alps Logistics (USA)、Index Fresh 和 Emerson Electric 等企业的87名工人提供培训。
补助由休斯敦城市学院（Houston City College）等教育机构与劳动力机构负责实施，德克萨斯州劳动力委员会主席乔·埃斯帕扎（Joe Esparza）和代表劳工方的委员阿尔贝托·特雷维尼奥三世（Alberto Treviño III）出席了相关颁发活动。
技能发展基金自1996年设立以来，已支持5000多家雇主、创造或保留了44.6万多个岗位。阿博特表示，这类由雇主需求驱动的培训，是德克萨斯州保持全美就业竞争力的重要工具。
Texas: Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.7 Million in Job Training Grants to Houston and Rio Grande Valley Areas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on October 29 that the state is awarding a total of $1,726,092 in Skills Development Fund grants through the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to train 689 workers in the Houston area and the Rio Grande Valley.
The largest of the four grants, $782,998, goes to Tesla Inc. to train 261 workers. A second grant of $690,044 goes to Texas Tissue LLC and Karsten Management LLC for 300 workers, and Watchfire Signs LLC receives $83,963 to train 41 workers.
The fourth grant, $169,087, was presented in McAllen at the Rio Bank–McColl Center to Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley and its partners, covering training for 87 workers at Denso Ten America, Alps Logistics (USA), Index Fresh and Emerson Electric.
The training is delivered with Houston City College and regional workforce partners. TWC Chairman Joe Esparza and Commissioner Representing Labor Alberto Treviño III took part in the presentations.
Since 1996, the Skills Development Fund has served more than 5,000 employers and supported more than 446,000 jobs. Abbott said employer-driven training of this kind is a key tool for keeping Texas competitive on jobs.
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