Department of Labor Award Will Provide Funding for Green Jobs Training for Houston Partnership
Washington D.C. Representative Gene Green announced that SER Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc. will receive $3122554 from the Department of Labors Pathways Out of Poverty Grant Program.
Several organizations in Houston such as Houston Works USA Houston Community College US Green Building Council Greater East End Management District AFL‐CIO Association of General Contractors and Standard Renewable Energy will partner with SER to implement the project in the Houston metropolitan area.
The Department of Labor recognizes the need to train our workforce for growing industries such as the green job sector and I am glad that a grant has been provided to this partnership in Houston to begin training and putting more Americans back to work" said Representative Gene Green. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed to help preserve and create jobs and prepare our workforce for the industries of the future. This grant is a step in the right direction."
The grant will help train and place approximately 300 unemployed individuals high school drop‐outs ex‐offenders and disadvantaged individuals in occupations in weatherization energy efficiency and energy efficiency assessment.
I am glad the federal government continues to see the need for job training and assistance in Texas and around the nation. We will continue to work so that our communities receive the assistance to get our nation back to work" said Green.
About the Pathways Out of Poverty Grants
For individuals who are living below or near the poverty level the current economic downturn has created a unique set of challenges and has heightened the need to find pathways out of poverty and into employment. These individuals may lack basic literacy and job readiness skills and they may face other barriers to employment such as the need for childcare or transportation.
