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Governor Hochul recently announced a $350 million investment in workforce development across New York State, creating the Office of Strategic Workforce Development to apply a new approach to workforce development – one that engages local experts to identify growing industries in need of workers, with a focus on creating opportunities for all New Yorkers. This funding will support wide-reaching investment in workforce development across state agencies and includes $150 million in new multi-year funding for new grant programs that will primarily support employer-driven, high skilled workforce training programs.
The Office of Strategic Workforce Development has identified the following as statewide high-growth target industry sectors:
Advanced Manufacturing Biotech and Life Sciences Cleantech and Renewable Energy Software Development and New Media Television and Film Production and Postproduction Tech and Electronics Construction and Building Trades
Capital Region high-growth target industry sectors:
Tech and Electronics, Digital Game/Software development, Materials Processing, Cleantech and Renewable Energy, Biotech and Life Sciences
Project plans and applications are now being accepted. Find out more:
New York State's Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) is transforming downtown neighborhoods into vibrant communities where the next generation of New Yorkers will want to live work and raise families.