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Blair County commissioners accept $26.3M regional workforce grant, approve mosquito-control and routine contracts
Summary
At their Feb. 12 meeting the Blair County Board of Commissioners approved acceptance of a $26.3 million Southern Alleghenies workforce grant for six counties, a $97,906 mosquito-control grant that includes a vehicle purchase, and a series of routine service contracts and office expenditures.
The Blair County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 12 approved acceptance of a Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board grant valued at up to $26,300,000 to be distributed among six counties and several other departmental contracts and grants.
The board voted to accept the regional workforce grant — to be administered through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and the Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board — which covers workforce services across Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset counties through June 30, 2029. A representative for the Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board said, "We receive, money from the Workforce Investment Act, which is federal funding that goes down through the state and that, that assists with workforce programs in the Southern Alleghenies region, all 6 counties." The commissioners approved acceptance of the agreement.
The board also approved a mosquito-borne disease control grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026 in the…
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