WLRN Public Media | By Natalie La Roche PietriThis story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami’s Community News. Read more at WLRN.org.
The state is investing $40 million dollars to expand workforce education programs across more than three dozen school districts and colleges, including in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
The grant program, recently announced by Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas, awarded about $4 million to Broward programs and nearly $6 million for Miami-Dade programs. Palm Beach schools were given just shy of $1 million dollars.
Since 2023, the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program — also known as Workforce CAP — has invested $240 million to help develop and sharpen the skills of Florida’s future workforce. The technology, medicine and mechanical industries are some of the program’s targets…