$6M fed grant to help recruit, train work force in Ohio, Pa. counties

CANFIELD — A $6 million federal grant is designed help to recruit and retain a qualified manufacturing work force within five counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The grant plans to work with manufacturing business to learn what they need from potential employees, said Eric Karmecy, Oh-Penn Pathways project manager for the West Central Job Partnership, which is overseeing the grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Karmecy spoke about the grant at today’s meeting of the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition at the Mahoning Career and Technical Center here.

The grant is specifically designed to provide training for future and current manufacturing employees in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania.

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