{"id":171364,"date":"2023-10-14T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T05:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=171364"},"modified":"2023-10-14T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T05:15:50","slug":"ohio-receives-two-federal-ev-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/14\/ohio-receives-two-federal-ev-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio receives two federal EV grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder announced this week that Ohio has been awarded two federal grants totaling nearly $10 million to build its electric vehicle manufacturing workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the grants, for nearly $5 million, will provide training and credentialing opportunities for 550 unemployed and underemployed Ohioans in western and central Ohio. The other, also for $5 million, will provide training and credentialing opportunities for 700 individuals in 18 counties in northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOhio continues to lead in the advanced manufacturing economy by investing in our greatest asset, our people,\u201d DeWine said. \u201cAs electric vehicles continue to gain in popularity, supporting training programs ensures that Ohio workers are ready to support the next generation of manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectric vehicles are a part of our country\u2019s future, and these grants will help Ohio maintain its leadership role in the nation\u2019s automotive manufacturing industry,\u201d Damschroder said. \u201cThey also will be life-changing for the Ohioans who will benefit from these opportunities to launch lifelong, family-sustaining careers in a new and growing field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio released its Electric Vehicle Workforce Strategy in June of this year with input from more than 70 industry stakeholders, workforce representatives, and education partners from across the state.<br>The strategy provides a roadmap for filling an anticipated 25,000-plus new electric vehicle manufacturing jobs by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal for the western and central Ohio grant \u2013 Ohio\u2019s Workforce Advancement in Vehicle Electrification (WAVE) proposal &#8212; was created by a partnership of ODJFS, the Governor\u2019s Office of Workforce Transformation, the Ohio Manufacturers\u2019 Association, local workforce development boards, and employers and educators in local communities. It was inspired by other successful programs serving underserved populations, including Ohio\u2019s Individual Microcredential Assistance Program. WAVE will focus on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>identifying and reaching key communities <\/li><li>aligning training programs to industry needs <\/li><li>delivering education to participants <\/li><li>providing supports such as child care or Wi-Fi for participants who need it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the northeast Ohio project, known as \u201cCharged Up,\u201d ODJFS will partner with the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition, and a network of education and training providers to prepare individuals to work in battery production facilities. The Governor\u2019s Office of Workforce Transformation also committed an additional $1.5 million in matching funds to support and sustain these efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder announced this week that Ohio has been awarded two federal grants totaling nearly $10 million to build its electric vehicle manufacturing workforce. One of the grants, for nearly $5 million, will provide training and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-15 09:38:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171365,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171364\/revisions\/171365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}