The Obama administration today announced $38.8 million in funding for 29 projects to help revitalize coal communities in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas and Alabama that have been affected by its anti-coal policies aimed at thwarting climate change and other factors that have hurt the coal industry.
Funds administered by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration and the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, are projected by the agencies to create 3,418 jobs and an additional $67 million leveraged through investments from other public and private partners.
The largest grant, $7,474,100, will go to the University of Pikeville in Eastern Kentucky for its Kentucky College of Optometry to purchase equipment, instructional supplies and other materials to help launch the new college, the second optometry school in the Appalachian region. Within the first three years of the award, the college will graduate 60 optometrists, provide care to 12,000 patients and bring $26 million in direct economic impact to the regional economy, the government said. But work on the college started before the grant program was announced.
Other major awards are:
Funds administered by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration and the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, are projected by the agencies to create 3,418 jobs and an additional $67 million leveraged through investments from other public and private partners.
The largest grant, $7,474,100, will go to the University of Pikeville in Eastern Kentucky for its Kentucky College of Optometry to purchase equipment, instructional supplies and other materials to help launch the new college, the second optometry school in the Appalachian region. Within the first three years of the award, the college will graduate 60 optometrists, provide care to 12,000 patients and bring $26 million in direct economic impact to the regional economy, the government said. But work on the college started before the grant program was announced.
Other major awards are:
- $2,750,000 ARC grant to the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program in Hazard for "TechHire Eastern Kentucky Initiative: Developing a Technology-Driven Workforce."
- $2,500,000 in grants to the Bluewell Public Service District in Bluefield, W.Va., for improvement of the Mercer County Regional Airport.
- $2,285,049 EDA grant to the Upshur County Development Authority in Buckhannon, W.Va., for a Knowledge and Innovation Business Center.
- $2,196,450 ARC grant to the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education in Charleston, W.Va., for "EntreEd K-14: Every Student, Every Year."
- $2,022,133 ARC grant to the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, based in Berea, Ky. for "Economic Transition for Eastern Kentucky."
- $2,000,000 ARC grant to Ohio University for "Leveraging Innovation Gateways and Hubs Toward Sustainability."
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