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February 11, 2003

$3M grant will help train tech workers

By JOURNAL STAFF

SEATTLE -- The Department of Labor has issued a $3 million grant to help train local workers in high-tech advances.

The H-1B Technical Skills Training grant will be used to pay for half the training costs for targeted companies to educate nearly 600 employees in 10 specific information technology fields.

Funding for the grant comes from fees paid by U.S. companies to import highly-skilled foreign workers through the H-1B visa program. According the Department of Labor statistics, Puget Sound IT employers requested 9,400 H-1B visas in 2001.

The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, a coalition of local employers, government officials and educators, will coordinate the grant distribution through a system of educational vouchers.




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