Board approves workforce and training grants including building trades and veterans programs

The Office of Strategic Workforce Development presented three approvals focused on job training and apprenticeship expansion. Directors authorized an operating grant of $1,610,500 to the Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center to launch an entry‑level building trades program with wraparound supports, a $718,662 operating grant to Rochester Institute of Technology to develop training in electronics assembly and repair for veterans, and a $799,000 capital grant to the Central New York Laborers Training Fund to construct a 5,032 sq. ft. addition and expand apprentice capacity from 10 to 50 per session.