"SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) applauded the U.S. Department of Labor for awarding $14 million in new grants to enable colleges serving minority communities to help create new high-skills job training and career opportunities.
Among the colleges and college partnerships awarded grants are HACU member campuses that serve large concentrations of Hispanic higher education students and fast-growing Hispanic communities in California, New Mexico, New York and Texas.
The grants were awarded by the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration to enable 13 minority-serving colleges and universities, including HACU member Hispanic-Serving Institutions, to create partnerships and develop career-training systems in areas where companies are facing high-skills labor shortages.
The grants will be used to establish regional partnerships involving college campuses, community employers, local Workforce Investment Boards, elected officials and community and faith-based organizations. The goal is to assess specific high-skills labor needs of each community, and to meet those needs by providing job training and other targeted services.
Among the colleges benefiting from these grants are HACU members Houston Community College System campuses in Texas, LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York, New Mexico State University and Rancho Santiago Community College District campuses in California. All four have large concentrations of Hispanic students, and each is located in or near communities with a fast-growing Hispanic population.
“Providing new resources to those campuses at the forefront of serving the education and career development needs of our nation’s youngest and fastest-growing minority population will benefit all Americans in an economy demanding a higher level of work force skills,” HACU President Antonio R. Flores said.
“We commend the Department of Labor and the agency’s Employment and Training Administration for steering much-needed federal resources to our minority-serving campuses with the expertise and community reach to address that challenge,” Flores said.
HACU, recently named by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the nation’s top 25 nonprofit organizations, represents more than 270 colleges and universities with the largest concentrations of Hispanic higher education students.
To find out more about federal grants available through the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, visit the Federal Registry at www.doleta.gov. "
Among the colleges and college partnerships awarded grants are HACU member campuses that serve large concentrations of Hispanic higher education students and fast-growing Hispanic communities in California, New Mexico, New York and Texas.
The grants were awarded by the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration to enable 13 minority-serving colleges and universities, including HACU member Hispanic-Serving Institutions, to create partnerships and develop career-training systems in areas where companies are facing high-skills labor shortages.
The grants will be used to establish regional partnerships involving college campuses, community employers, local Workforce Investment Boards, elected officials and community and faith-based organizations. The goal is to assess specific high-skills labor needs of each community, and to meet those needs by providing job training and other targeted services.
Among the colleges benefiting from these grants are HACU members Houston Community College System campuses in Texas, LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York, New Mexico State University and Rancho Santiago Community College District campuses in California. All four have large concentrations of Hispanic students, and each is located in or near communities with a fast-growing Hispanic population.
“Providing new resources to those campuses at the forefront of serving the education and career development needs of our nation’s youngest and fastest-growing minority population will benefit all Americans in an economy demanding a higher level of work force skills,” HACU President Antonio R. Flores said.
“We commend the Department of Labor and the agency’s Employment and Training Administration for steering much-needed federal resources to our minority-serving campuses with the expertise and community reach to address that challenge,” Flores said.
HACU, recently named by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the nation’s top 25 nonprofit organizations, represents more than 270 colleges and universities with the largest concentrations of Hispanic higher education students.
To find out more about federal grants available through the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, visit the Federal Registry at www.doleta.gov. "