Congresswoman Johnson recently announced that two companies that provide workforce training in the Dallas area, Workforce Solutions and Industrial Consultants LLC, will receive several million dollars in funding thru the Department of Labor to train highly-skilled employees.
Workforce Solutions will receive close to $5 million in funding. “This is fantastic news for the city of Dallas, which is home to nearly 175,000 high-tech jobs,” stated Congresswoman Johnson. “We need to encourage growth in the high-tech industries so that our country can have the talent necessary to become more innovative and compete globally. It is critical that we do all that we can to diversify our workforce in order to remain one of the most productive countries in the world.”
Forty-three grantees – partnerships between private and public entities – were awarded funding to provide education, training, and job placement assistance.
