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Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo Highlights Orlando Job Training Programs Funded By The American R…

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo Highlights
Orlando Job Training Programs Funded By The American Rescue
Plan
April 26, 2022

WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo today visited local job
training programs funded by President Bidenʼs American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act in Orlando,
Florida. Amidst todayʼs strong labor market – with the unemployment rate well below 4
percent and a record high number of job openings – one of the most important things local
governments can do to bring more people into the workforce is to o er training for indemand careers and help them re-enter the job market. Based on the latest reports
submitted to Treasury, state and local governments across the country – including Orlando –
are increasingly using State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to respond to the
economic impacts of the pandemic by training workers for well-paid, in-demand careers.
“One year a er President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law, state and local
governments are increasingly using those resources to expand their labor force and fill open
positions,” said Deputy Secretary Adeyemo. “For all workers, and especially those displaced by
the pandemic, job training provides a critical pathway to new long-term careers that can
support them and their families.”
“Education and job training removes barriers and opens doors to opportunity for everyone
which is why the city is grateful to the federal government for investing American Rescue Plan
funds in our community and supporting our e orts to launch the new RISE Employment and
Training Program,” said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. “We were pleased to share with Deputy
Secretary Adeyemo how our community collaborates to create new career and job training
opportunities for our residents that also allow us to solve the workforce needs of our region's
businesses."
As one of the nationʼs fastest growing cities, Orlando has a significant need for skilled
workers to support infrastructure and construction projects in the region. Deputy Secretary
Adeyemo and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer highlighted the cityʼs new Rapid Increase of Skills
and Employment (RISE) program, which is using SLFRF to provide residents with skills like
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industrial machinery mechanics and welding, which are in short-supply. RISE will provide full
wrap-around support for participants, including placing them at over 100 local short-term job
and vocational job training programs, covering tuition costs, and providing career support
services like job placement and coaching. The city is also using SLFRF funds to open a RISE
o ice, which will be sta ed with career counselors and case managers. In an e ort to bridge
the opportunity gaps further exacerbated by the pandemic, RISE will give priority to applicants
living in the cityʼs lowest-income neighborhoods.
Examples of state, local, and Tribal governments using SLFRF to train workers for well-paid,
in-demand careers include:
The State of Colorado has committed $60 million for training and improving employment
outcomes to support reskilling, upskilling, or next-skilling, including providing access to
short-term training to obtain an industry-recognized credential. The funding will also
support grants that promote innovation to improve employment outcomes for workers
and outreach to underserved and disproportionately impacted populations.
Pima County, Arizona is investing $5.3 million in financial support to improve residentsʼ
access to in-demand jobs with family-sustaining wages, apprenticeships, and other
workforce development training programs to gain employment in high growth career
fields.
The State of Wisconsin has committed $162 million to strengthening the stateʼs
workforce development system to support pandemic recovery plans developed by
regional organizations that use collaborative, sustainable, and innovative approaches to
meet the workforce needs of businesses and workers.
Baltimore, Maryland will invest $3.8 million to aid those who are unemployed or
underemployed, support youth employment, and fund sector-based job training in highgrowth industries. The funding will provide direct support to struggling small businesses
with wages for impacted workers; summer jobs and needed income to city youth,
subsidized employment to adult residents, and occupational training that will enable
residents to skill up and obtain jobs in high-demand industries in the region.
The State of Maine will provide the Maine Community College System with $35 million for
workforce development initiatives that support short-term, no-cost training for
approximately 8,500 Mainers negatively impacted by COVID-19 to gain the necessary skills
and credentials for careers in key economic sectors. The State will also invest $7.2 million

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in training and stackable credential attainment to help incumbent frontline healthcare
workers attain the credentials to move into the next rung on their career pathway.
The Mescalero Apache Tribe is aligning job needs with skills required to fill these
important positions through a workforce development program that will focus on
vocational education by providing scholarships to both Tribal citizens and current
employees to obtain certificates and further education in welding, carpentry, plumbing,
and electrical– all jobs critical to carry out the Tribeʼs COVID-19 recovery plan.
The State of Utah has invested $15 million in Learn & Work, a state-wide program that
provides tuition assistance for short-term programs at post-secondary institutions for
unemployed or underemployed individuals and prepares students for higher-paying and
more stable, high-impact careers by matching them with companies looking for muchneeded skills and expertise.
Nassau County, New York will invest $10 million to assist unemployed workers through
apprenticeship programs in the construction and building trades, entrepreneurial skills
training to support new women- and minority-owned businesses, and retraining and
upskilling programs through Nassauʼs local colleges and universities.
Boston, Massachusetts is investing $3 million to expand green jobs training
opportunities for city residents, with a particular focus on women, people of color,
immigrants, and returning citizens. Funding is being provided to external organizations
that are training and connecting residents to green jobs, as well as to build further
pathways for green jobs with the City of Boston's workforce.

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