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The US Department of Labor recently awarded $250,000 to develop strategic economic growth plans for Kentucky and Tennessee. Most of the area affected is in the extreme western tip of Kentucky.

 

“This $250,000 grant to the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board will boost efforts to expand the region’s economy and increase job opportunities for Kentucky workers,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.

 

The primary focus of the grant is the economically troubled nine-county area of Kentucky that includes Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg counties.

 

Nearby Montgomery County in Tennessee will also be included in the grant.

 

The grant, awarded to the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board, will be implemented by the LEED (Leadership, Education and Economic Development) Team. LEED includes representatives from 27 Kentucky and Tennessee organizations. The leadership group includes economic and workforce development officials, educators, employers, elected officials and the U.S. Army. The goal for the region is to increase the growth of the energy, advanced manufacturing and health care sectors.

 

Regional Innovation Grants, make limited National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds available to state workforce agencies and local workforce investment boards (WIBs) to initiate comprehensive, sustainable, and integrated regional planning using the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) conceptual framework and principles. The activities from these grants will result in a strategic and transformative regional plan that, when implemented, will counteract the effects of events resulting from an economic shock in a region and will prepare workers and businesses to compete and succeed in a global economy.

 

Since April 27, 2007 Regional Innovation Grants have been available to support regional economic planning in response to major economic dislocations.

 

National Emergency Grants are part of the secretary of labor’s discretionary fund and are awarded based on a state’s ability to meet specific guidelines.

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