JFF CEO Maria Flynn in “JFF Awarded $10 Million Grant to Scale High-Quality Training for IT Careers in Five Major Workforce Hubs”

In a press release issued by PR Newswire on March 24, JFF announced that it had received $10 million in U.S. Department of Labor funding to expand access to in-demand IT roles through a training program that leads to employer-validated credentials.

JFF will use the funding to develop a program called the Rapid IT Training and Employment Initiative, which will offer high-quality training to up to 1,800 people in Dallas, Denver, Omaha, Philadelphia, and San Francisco to prepare them for middle- and high-skill IT positions.

To design and scale the initiative, JFF has assembled a diverse network of corporate, labor, education, and nonprofit organizations, including Google and IT trade group CompTIA.

“This initiative will bring together the combined expertise, capacity, and resources of technology, industry, and organized labor to rapidly reskill workers for fast-growing tech jobs—and ultimately support a more equitable and inclusive economic recovery,” said JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn.