Alaska Wins $2.9 Million Grant for Health Care Workforce Training

Alaska Wins $2.9 Million Grant for Health Care Workforce Training
State awarded competitive federal grant, will expand pipeline of skilled health care workers

ANCHORAGE: The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) has won a competitive federal grant to expand Registered Apprenticeship health care training in Alaska. DOLWD applied for the grant in partnership with the Southcentral Foundation and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. The grant will accelerate development of training programs for high demand health care occupations. The grant award was announced following a White House summit and Congressional briefing that featured Alaska as one of the leading states that uses Registered Apprenticeship. Click here to read the full press release.