The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $10 million in federal grant funds to Dallas College to prepare individuals for success in middle-to high-skilled occupations in the growing sectors of:
- Information Technology/Cybersecurity
- Advanced Manufacturing/Robotics
- Transportation
Over four years (2021-2025), the project will train 4,000 individuals in skills to advance in well-paying career pathways.
Employers are invited to participate. Interested employers, please contact us via the interest form:
This project will:
- Assist employers to better leverage untapped talent and hire for potential.
- Develop work-based learning and clear career pathways for unemployed, underemployed and incumbent workers to reach mid-to-high skill jobs.
- Develop innovative instructional strategies designed to keep pace with sector growth. This includes online, distance and other technology-enhanced learning.
- Help participants overcome barriers to success through mentoring, career counseling and industry-led, competency-based training.
- With industry collaboration, create strategies to sustain and scale these efforts into the future, and beyond Texas.
Employers and Associations Currently Committed
- AAR Corp.
- Amcor
- American Leather
- AT&T
- Brill Inc.
- Bruckner's
- ClarkDietrich
- FFE Transportation Services, Inc.
- Housely Group
- Lockheed Martin
- Micropac
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Pinnacle Group
- Premier Truck Group
- Refresco
- Shearer's Foods, LLC
- South Star JCB
- Action Career Training (ACT)
- Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)
- Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
- AmSkills
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance
- Associated Industries of Texas
- Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy
- Dallas County Manufacturers Association (DCMA)
- Federation of Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME)
- Securus Foundation
- Sycamore Services
- Tampa Bay Works
- Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
- Texas Trucking Association (TXTA)
- The Manufacturing Institute (NAM)