The Delaware County Workforce Development Board, in partnership with Delaware County Community College, recently received a Pennsylvania Strategic Innovation grant for $200,539 from the Commonwealth’s Department of Labor and Industry.

The grant, one of 16 announced by Gov. Tom Wolf last month, will be used to improve career pathways and Allied Health programs by developing a seamless noncredit-to-credit educational pathway approach that will benefit students and employers in Delaware and Chester counties.

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Through their partnership, the Workforce Development Board and the college will develop a plan to reach more potential students and will revise the college’s curriculum to facilitate awarding more credits to students for previous workplace experience, also known as prior learning. Also, the grant will be used to implement a pilot program in the Allied Health career fields of medical billing and networking.

Strategic Innovation grants are designed to provide state funding for creative educational and training programs that prepare more workers for jobs that are in high demand by employers and that pay family-sustaining wages. In April, Gov. Wolf announced the award of the nearly $3.5 million in Reemployment Fund dollars to 16 Strategic Innovation projects across the Commonwealth.

“These funds will help Pennsylvanians develop the job skills needed to succeed in today’s workforce by employing creative and inventive workforce development strategies,” Gov. Wolf said. “Strategic Innovation grants allow for well-coordinated approaches between state and local partners to provide high-quality services for both job seekers and employers, focusing particularly on increased employment opportunities for Pennsylvanians with barriers to employment.”

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