The Workplace Inc. in Bridgeport is getting a $500,000 federal grant to retrain southwestern Connecticut veterans and find them work as part of the Obama administration’s commitment to “green energy jobs,” authorities said Tuesday.
Raymond Jefferson, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, announced Tuesday the award of 22 grants totaling more than $9 million nationwide to provide thousands of veterans with green jobs training.
The Workplace will train veterans in Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, New Haven and Meriden.
They will receive skills assessments, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training in green jobs, skills upgrading and retraining, placement assistance and crucial follow-up services.
The funds are being awarded competitively to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations.
More information can be found at http://www.dol.gov/vets.
