Another forward from Jim Parker, FYI.



>ETA News Release: [June 28, 2005]

>Contact Name: David James or Mike Volpe

>Phone Number: 202-693-4676 or 202-693-3984

>

>U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces Grants of $2.6 Million 

>for Hospitality Industry Training

>Workers in Nevada, Rhode Island and New York Will Benefit

>WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced three 

>grants totaling nearly $2.6 million to help address workforce shortages in 

>the hospitality industry as part of the President s High Growth Job 

>Training Initiative. Grants awarded to the Southern Nevada Workforce 

>Investment Board, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, R.I. and 

>LaGuardia Community College, New York, will help prepare workers for 

>careers in an industry expected to add more than 1.6 million jobs by 2012.

>

>The fast-growing hospitality industry is very much in need of skilled 

>workers, said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. Thousands of workers will 

>benefit from the outreach, English literacy and occupational skills that 

>the President s High Growth Job Training Initiative is making possible 

>through these grants.

>

>The Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board received more than $1.1 

>million to train over 10,000 workers in partnership with the Community 

>College of Southern Nevada, the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association, the 

>Nevada Hospitality Foundation and Station Resort and Casinos. The project 

>will include an English Workplace Literacy program and the development of 

>a curriculum that is easily replicable to serve as the standard for 

>front-line positions in the hospitality industry.

>

>Johnson & Wales University was awarded nearly $978,000 to build a pipeline 

>of youth for hospitality industry careers. The university will develop an 

>interactive career awareness program for a bilingual website to enable 

>youth to learn more about careers in the industry. The grantee will also 

>work with the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA) to 

>enhance the existing Showcase of Stars program, which highlights 

>successful individuals within the industry to raise awareness among 

>minority youth in urban areas about hospitality careers. Upgrades will 

>enable the program to reach over 600,000 youth annually.

>

>New York s LaGuardia Community College received a little over $494,000 to 

>develop a new language curriculum to instruct individuals with limited 

>skills in English and provide training in occupational skills for 

>employment. The project will train approximately 40 individuals and 

>establish a nationwide workgroup to advance English proficiency training 

>and replication.

>

>For further information on this initiative, visit 

>www.doleta.gov/BRG/JobTrainInitiative/ 

><<http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/JobTrainInitiative/>http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/JobTrainInitiative/>.

>

>Coordinator: Midwest States

>& Work-based Education

>Potomac Center Plaza, Rm 11161

>550 12th Street. S.W.

>Washington, D.C. 20202-7100

>202-245-7831