May 12, 2005: AGC Receives Grant Funding For Construction Academies
WASHINGTON - The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced $235,500 in grant funding from DOL to establish seven new Construction Career Academies across the United States.
The grant is funded under the president's high-growth job training initiative, which seeks to leverage the publicly funded workforce system more effectively in collaboration with private and public sector partners, and to prepare new and incumbent workers with the general and industry-specific skills demanded by employers.