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ETA News Release: [June 24, 2005]
Contact Name: David James or Mike Volpe
Phone Number: 202-693-4676 or 202-693-3984

Assistant Secretary of Labor Announces $480,000 Grant to National PTA

Grant Will Raise Awareness Among Youth About Careers in High Growth Industries

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Assistant Secretary of Labor Emily Stover DeRocco today announced a $480,000 grant to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Association (National PTA) to create awareness among parents, teachers, guidance counselors and young people about career opportunities in high growth, high demand industries. The grant is part of the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative.

"Parents, teachers and guidance counselors are on the front line communicating with their sons, daughters, and students, and the information to be made available through today's grant will provide valuable guidance on career opportunities," said DeRocco. "This grant will help create awareness of the many career possibilities within industries targeted by the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative."

Through the grant, the National PTA will launch the Jobs for the 21st Century Career Information Campaign to disseminate information to parents, teachers and guidance counselors on the career opportunities high growth, high demand industries provide. Information will be disseminated to over 6 million PTA members across the nation.

A PTA Career Information Toolkit also will be developed and distributed along with communication and promotional materials to over 24,000 schools nationwide. One-Stop Career Centers will be promoted as a resource for parents, teachers, and young people to learn more about current career opportunities. A Web site, which will coordinate content with the Department of Labor's Career Voyages Web site, will assist youth as they make career decisions.

Through the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative, the Department of Labor has been conducting executive forums with leaders of expanding industries to identify critical workforce gaps and issues. Solutions are carried out in cooperation with employers, educational institutions and the public workforce system. For more information, visit www.doleta.gov/BRG/JobTrainInitiative/. For more information on Career Voyages, please visit http://www.careervoyages.gov.

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