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U.S. Labor Dept. Selects WIRED II Recipients
On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Labor announced 13 regions across the country will share $65 million in the second round of Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grants.
While the 13 original 2005 WIRED awardees split a pool of $195 million, each 2nd Generation WIRED region will receive an award of $500,000, with the ability to access a $4.5 million balance contingent upon completion of a regional implementation blueprint. Each of the second WIRED regions already received $100,000 after the 2005 competition to prepare talent development strategies.
The 2nd Generation WIRED regions are: Eastern & Central Puerto Rico; Southwestern Connecticut; Northern New Jersey; Delaware Valley Tri-State Area (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware); Appalachian Ohio; Southeast Michigan; Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee; Southwestern Indiana; Southeast Wisconsin; Arkansas Delta; Rio Grande Valley, Texas; Wasatch Range, Utah; and Northern California.
More information is available at http://www.doleta.gov/.