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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A New Consortium for Workforce Development in Nevada Manufacturing
A new consortium has been established between GOWINN (the Nevada Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation); Manufacture Nevada (an industry support group); NCLab (a Nevada-based supplier of online vocational training) and the Nevada Library System to provide a pool of new talent for the manufacturing industry. The program combines comprehensive targeted training, … [Read more...] about A New Consortium for Workforce Development in Nevada Manufacturing
GOWINN Helps Address In-Demand Need for Electricians Through Statewide Grant Initiative
The Northern Nevada Electrical Joint Apprentice Training Committee (NNEJATC) is working in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) and Project SANDI initiative to provide Nevadans looking to advance their workforce skills within the electrical field with grant-funded, hands-on experience and training. The goals of both NNEJATC and GOWINN are … [Read more...] about GOWINN Helps Address In-Demand Need for Electricians Through Statewide Grant Initiative
Great Basin College + Project SANDI Open Doors to Rewarding Stem Careers
ELKO/CARSON CITY, NV (Sept. 7, 2022) — Great Basin College and the Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) has partnered to provide Project SANDI grant funding toward tuition and programming supporting short-term training and certification in high-demand careers in science, manufacturing, mathematics, and technology to Nevadans in rural communities adversely affected … [Read more...] about Great Basin College + Project SANDI Open Doors to Rewarding Stem Careers
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