LAS VEGAS/CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) received approval from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand its H-1B Grant to include rural communities in southern Nevada. This comes after a rural tour of southern Nevada hospitals, medical centers, and academic institutions. Expansion of this grant program will bring H-1B Grant resources … [Read more...] about GOWINN Expands Healthcare Grant to Rural Southern Nevada Communities
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Nevada State University Receives $100K Grant from GOWINN’s Project SANDI Initiative
Nevada State University (Nevada State) was granted $100,000 from the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) Project SANDI Initiative to help provide professional training and technical certificates at no cost to students that are supported by Nevada Partners in the Nevada State Cyber Security Program. The program works to enhance academic, personal, professional … [Read more...] about Nevada State University Receives $100K Grant from GOWINN’s Project SANDI Initiative
SANDI And NCLab Announce Manufacturing Employee Recruitment Initiative
The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation’s (GOWINN) SANDI grant and NCLab, a Reno-based supplier of vocational training, have announced a joint initiative that will provide a pool of new talent at a time when Nevada manufacturers are in urgent need of workers with automation skills. This initiative will help Nevada workers with limited earning potential and growth move … [Read more...] about SANDI And NCLab Announce Manufacturing Employee Recruitment Initiative
Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee Approves Npwr Research Grant
The Nevada Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation received approval today from the Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee to launch a research grant using $100,000 that will support research studying Nevada’s most challenging policy problems in the areas of workforce development, economic diversification, and education. The funding for the research grant comes … [Read more...] about Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee Approves Npwr Research Grant
Nevada Combatting Trucker Shortage Through Grant-Funded Certification and Workforce Diversification
With starting salaries at $120,000 a year, Nevada is still experiencing a commercial truck driver shortage with an estimated need of 1,500 truck drivers with commercial driver licenses (CDL). Workforce Connections and the College of Southern Nevada (CSN), are working in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) to utilize Project SANDI, a $13.8 … [Read more...] about Nevada Combatting Trucker Shortage Through Grant-Funded Certification and Workforce Diversification
TMCC Amongst Partners to Receive Grant Funding to Enhance NV Job Pipeline
Carson City, NV – Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) is working in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) and Project SANDI initiative to provide grant funding for Northern Nevada residents to unlock and enhance their career success in Nevada’s in-demand careers and workforce, now through next fall. In total, 140 TMCC students have … [Read more...] about TMCC Amongst Partners to Receive Grant Funding to Enhance NV Job Pipeline
Nevadans Benefit from STEM Certification Grant in Nevada
College of Southern Nevada (CSN) has been working with the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) to provide grant-funded certification through Project SANDI to jumpstart the careers of those adversely impacted by the pandemic and to provide support to growing businesses across the Silver State. Twenty-four SANDI recipients are from CSN’s Dialysis Program, … [Read more...] about Nevadans Benefit from STEM Certification Grant in Nevada
Manufacturing Program Helps Train and Certify Tesla Employees
Carson City, NV– Western Nevada College (WNC) and Tesla have partnered to provide training to 62 Tesla employees through WNC’s Manufacturing Technician program. This program is funded by Project SANDI and the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN). A total of 47 of the students received grant funding for the Technology Level 1 (MT1) certification program and 15 … [Read more...] about Manufacturing Program Helps Train and Certify Tesla Employees
Project SANDI Provides Over 500 Scholarships to STEM Career Seekers in First Year
Las Vegas/Carson City, Nev. (August 23, 2022) – Over the past year, the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) and dozens of state and community partners collaborated to provide more than 500 dislocated and underemployed Nevadans free educational training programs for in-demand careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through the … [Read more...] about Project SANDI Provides Over 500 Scholarships to STEM Career Seekers in First Year