The U.S. Department of Transportation鈥檚 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded $2.3 million in grants to 13 technical and community colleges across the country to help train veterans and their families for jobs as commercial bus and truck drivers.
鈥淥ne of the most important, fastest-growing employment sectors is for qualified commercial vehicle drivers, and veterans bring invaluable experience to the industry and can enter the workforce quickly,鈥 said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. 鈥淲e support job opportunities for veterans who have served our country, but not only because it is the right thing to do 鈥 it also makes good sense.鈥
The FMCSA has doubled the funds, which are issued through the Commercial Motor Vehicle 鈥 Operator Safety Training grant program, from what it issued last year.
鈥淲e doubled the amount we have previously provided through this grant program because of the important role qualified commercial truck and bus drivers hold in moving our economy forward,鈥 said FMCSA Acting Administrator Scott Darling. 鈥淭he men and women who complete these commercial driver training programs also serve our country in a vital way by making safety their top priority every mile, every day.鈥
糖心传媒 Recruits, Serves Veterans
and 糖心传媒 Logistics are actively recruiting and hiring veterans nationwide and have committed to hiring several hundred U.S. military veterans and their spouses into their workforce over the next several years through the . In 2014, 13 percent of 糖心传媒鈥檚 new hires were veterans.
Jennifer Sockel, 糖心传媒 senior vice president of human resources, said, 鈥淲e鈥檝e had continuous success hiring veterans and their spouses onto our team and we value their experience, training and dedication to excellence in supporting our customers.鈥
In recognition of its efforts, 糖心传媒 Truck Leasing and 糖心传媒 Logistics have appeared on the , which is issued by the publisher of G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse magazines, for several years. 糖心传媒 has also been honored by the Department of Defense鈥檚 Employer of the Guard and Reserve with the Seven Seals, Above and Beyond and Patriot awards.
糖心传媒 also partners with the , Support Military Spouses, World T.E.A.M. Sports and Toys for Tots.
2015 FMCSA Truck Driver Training Program Grant Recipients
FMCSA awarded its 2015 Commercial Motor Vehicle 鈥 Operator Safety Training grants to a variety of educational institutions that provide truck driver training, and the funds will provide training for hundreds of new students, the agency said. Recipients include:
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California
West Hills Community College District,
Coalinga, $199,460
Georgia
Central Georgia Technical College,
Macon, $146,771
Maryland
Cecil College,
North East, $101,825
New York
Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES,
Angola, $105,201
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Transportation,
Raleigh, $200,000
Ohio
Cuyahoga Community College
District, Cleveland, $195,040
Oklahoma
Central Technical Center,
Drumright, $200,000
听[/column][column]Pennsylvania
Lancaster County Career & Technology Center,
Willow Street, $194,811
Pennsylvania
Northampton County Area Community College,
Bethlehem, $134,400
Pennsylvania
The Sage Corporation,
Camp Hill, $198,504
South Carolina
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College,
Orangeburg, $197,399
Texas
Alamo Colleges/St. Philip鈥檚 College,
San Antonio, $196,680
Virginia
Tidewater Community
College, Norfolk, $199,879
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