Over �3.1 Million
Awarded In Additional Funding
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Three Grants
Totaling
2018 GRANTS
Del Mar College:
�1,661,997.00
�1,000,000.00
�500,000.00
CHRISTUS SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEMS
�161,997
CONSTRUCTION CONSORTIUM
TPCO
Train 531 New/Incumbent
Employeeson Industry
Related Skills. Train 556
Individuals Train 90
Individuals
APRIL 11, 2018 OCTOBER 5, 2018 OCTOBER 5, 2018
2018 JOBS & EDUCATION FOR TEXANS
(JET) GRANT PROGRAM
Four Grants
Totaling
�858,895.00
Funding for public community and technical colleges and independent school districts for programs that focus
on high-demand occupations. The Coastal Bend received Four Grants awarded by the Texas Workforce
Commission (TWC) totaling �858,895.
�272,196
�282,766
�251,828
�52,105
Coastal Bend College Corpus Christi
Independent School District Gregory-Portland
Independent School District Skidmore-Tynan
Independent School District
Welders,Cutters,
Solderers & Brazers Welders, Cutters,
Solderers and Brazers Medical and Clinical
Laboratory Technicians Welders,Cutters,
Solderers & Brazers
�200,000.00
Workforce
Solutions of the Coastal
Bend
(WFSCB) has been awarded a Totaling
grant in the amount of
to
NEW!
Apprenticeship
Texas
Grant
encourage coordination with local industry and workforce partners to develop new Registered Apprenticeship
(RA) Solutions
Training Programs
and expand
existing has
RA been
training
programs
to in include
new occupations
Workforce
of the Coastal
Bend (WFSCB)
awarded
a grant
the amount
of �200,000 and
to
underrepresented
populations.
encourage coordination with local industry and workforce partners to develop new Registered Apprenticeship
(RA) Training Programs and expand existing RA training programs to include new occupations and
underrepresented populations.
Career Pathways
Totaling
�401,000.00
Our Coastal Compass partner, Citizens for Educational Excellence (CEE), received �275,000 from the Lumina
Foundation who named Corpus Christi one of its 23 Talent Hubs across the nation. This grant assists adults with
some college and no degree finish their education in high demand occupations. Additionally, CEE received a
�126,000 grant from the Trellis Foundation to design career pathways for students in high school and adults in
our career centers to navigate their way from associate programs at our local community colleges to
baccalaureate programs at local universities. WFSCB serves as a referral source and provides local labor
market information and workforce services to CEE and program participants through Coastal Compass.
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