H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
NOTIFICATION OF AWARD
NAME OF PROJECT: H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AWARDEES: | AWARD AMOUNT |
CUNY Research Foundation on behalf of BMCC and the NYCWIB 199 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 |
$2,872,689 |
Hinds County WIB 420 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson, MS 39216 |
$1,420,010 |
New York WIB/NYC Dept. of Employment 220 Church Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 |
$2,974,175 |
Cook County WIB 69 West Washington Street, Suite 2860 Chicago, IL 60602 |
$3,000,000 |
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: | Twenty-four (24) months |
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: | These H-1B technical skills training grants seek to provide high level training to employed and unemployed workers to fill jobs in occupational areas where there have been skill shortages, and for which employers have sought workers under visas. The grants are supported by user fees paid by employers seeking high skilled foreign workers under the H-1B visa program. |
CONTACT: | Ms. Grace Kilbane (202) 693-3186 |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED: | Nationwide |