Birmingham receives $10.8 million “Good Jobs Challenge” grant
The City of Birmingham is proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $10.8 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the City of Birmingham to establish the Birmingham Region Health Partnership, a healthcare workforce training program. This program will build a pipeline of skilled healthcare and digital healthcare workers. Through partnership with local healthcare employers, it will provide access to high-quality healthcare jobs to those communities traditionally underserved, including women and people of color.
This grant is the result of close collaboration between the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County, and the region’s five largest healthcare employers, as well as partners including Birmingham Business Alliance, Central Six AlabamaWorks!, Innovate Birmingham, Prosper, Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, STRIVE, and Women’s Foundation of Alabama. In the first year of the three-year grant, these partners will collaborate to establish the Birmingham Region Health Partnership and develop a roadmap to connect the region’s workers to training opportunities and career pathways within the healthcare industry. Over the duration of the grant, partners expect to train and place over 1,000 jobseekers in high-quality healthcare jobs.
“We are honored to receive the Good Jobs Challenge grant. This is truly a collaborative effort between the city and our partners to enhance workforce development in our region,” Mayor Randall L. Woodfin said. “These funds from the Biden-Harris administration will go far in our commitment to building a more equitable and inclusive economy designed to serve the people.”
Read more about the award and the press release here. (https://eda.gov/arpa/good-jobs-challenge/awardees/City-of-Birmingham.htm)
