Late last week, the Biden – Harris Administration traveled to the Finishing Trades Institute to discuss Philadelphia’s designation as a Workforce Hub. As a hub, Philadelphia will now directly benefit from the Biden-Harris administration’s new policies to promote workforce development, expand pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and will invest in the city’s leadership and partnerships.
As a part of the initiative, Everybody Builds launches its Construction Trades Career Fund for Department of Transportation projects to provide supportive services for new apprentices.
From Whitehouse.gov:
The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to connect Americans to the good-paying jobs created by the President’s Investing in America agenda. White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden and Acting Secretary Julie Su will travel to Williamsport, Pennsylvania to announce more than $244 million to help modernize, diversify and expand the Registered Apprenticeship system in growing U.S. industries. This announcement marks the largest federal investment in US history in Registered Apprenticeships—the gold-standard earn-and-learn training pathway.
Then, Director Tanden, Acting Secretary Su, and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) will also travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to hold the inaugural convening of the city’s Investing in America Workforce Hub and announce new policies and partnerships to ensure all workers – including women, people of color, veterans, and those that have been historically left behind–have equitable access to good-paying jobs across nearly one billion dollars in investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
