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Three Minnesota community colleges will receive more than $5 million to train workers in the fastest-growing industries, thanks to recent US Department of Labor grants. The schools beat out more than 200 other applicants to win the highly competitive grants from the ETA, the federal Employee Training Administration.

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The US Department of Labor recently announced two grants totaling nearly $4 million to train workers in Kansas.

Fort Scott Community College received a grant of almost $2 million to train workers in the construction industry. The grant of $1,994,474 will be used to hire additional faculty and improve the curriculum at the school, located in Fort Smith Kansas.  The school has locations in Fort Scott, Pittsburg, Frontenac and Paola. It offers technical training programs in conjunction with local employers John Deere and Harley Davidson, in addition to a Heating and Air Conditioning program.

Garden City Community College received a grant of $1,999,939 for programs to train workers in the construction and energy fields. Garden City CC was established in 1919, one of the state’s first 4 community colleges. The school offers an Associate Degree in Applied Sciences, among other programs.

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