GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
OVER $5 MILLION
AWARDED
IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING
2017 GRANTS
HURRICANE HARVEY
RELIEF INITIATIVE $1,600,000 AWARDED &
IN PROGRESS YOU LEARN! $102,000 AWARDED
& COMPLETED 70+ 16 EDUCATORS EMPLOYERS $140,000 AWARDED
& COMPLETED 71 47 22
REFERRALS STUDENTS PLACED EMPLOYERS
YOU CHOOSE! $50,000 AWARDED
& COMPLETED SECTOR PARTNERSHIP
NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANT $450,000 AWARDED
& COMPLETED CAREERS IN TEXAS
INDUSTRIES WEEK $17,000 AWARDED
& COMPLETED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
FUND GRANT $345,600 AWARDED
& COMPLETED $730,000 AWARDED &
IN PROGRESS
Educator Externship Grant
YOU EARN & LEARN!
Summer Earn and Learn
Vocational Rehabilitation Partnership
Career Expo
Ready For College And Career Conference
Del Mar College
2016 – 2019 GRANTS
Oil & Gas Industry
National Dislocated
Worker Grant
Employment & Training To Assist With Clean-Up,
Recovery And Humanitarian Efforts
25%
1,100 34
YOUTH EXHIBITORS
141
LONG TERM
UNEMPLOYED
42
EMPLOYER MATCH
(Money, Time & Resources)
20
INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
37
ON THE JOB
TRAINING
OCCUPATIONAL
TRAINING
350 30
STUDENTS PRESENTERS
13
TRANSITIONAL
JOBS
30
INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
192 Specialized Coordinators & Technicians
State of Texas Access Reform (STAR) Kids Program
62
PARTICIPANTS
13
INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING ACCOUNTS
9
TRANSITIONAL
TRAINING
30
SUPPORT
SERVICES
2017 JOBS & EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT PROGRAM
Funding for public community and technical colleges and independent school districts for programs that focus on high-demand occupations.
The Coastal Bend Nine of the 26 Grants awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission totaling $1,814,670 .
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
GRANT AMOUNT
HIGH-DEMAND OCCUPATION
COASTAL BEND COLLEGE
DEL MAR COLLEGE
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ALICE
BEEVILLE
FREER
KINGSVILLE
ODEM-EDROY
ROCKPORT-FULTON
SAN DIEGO
$322,707
$264,402
GRANT AMOUNT
$337,912
$78,518
$345,831
$159,309
$129,330
$126,315
$50,346
Licensed Practical &Â Vocational Nurses
Registered Nurses
HIGH-DEMAND OCCUPATION
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazers
Registered Nurses
Auto Service Technicians & Mechanics
Nursing Assistants (formerly Nursing Aides, Orderlies, Attendants)
Welders
Registered Nurses
08