The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently awarded $24.2 million in Career Technical Initiative (CTI) implementation grants to 23 school districts to train 2,490 individuals for careers in high-demand occupations within the trades, construction, and manufacturing sectors across Massachusetts.
The CTI grant program partners with Career and Technical Education (CTE) Schools to provide adult learners, especially unemployed and underemployed individuals from underserved populations and underrepresented groups, with career training and technical skills to meet the needs of Massachusetts employers. The administration also awarded a planning grant to an organization to prepare and design future training.
The following institutions received grants:
- Assabet Valley Regional Vocational School District, Marlborough: $1,169,239
- Attleboro Public Schools, Attleboro: $1,340,946
- Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District, Upton: $1,040,000
- City of Worcester (Worcester Public Schools), Worcester: $399,996
- Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, Hathorne: $1,400,000
- Franklin County Technical School, Turners Falls: $2,219,375
- Greater Lawrence Technical School, Andover: $1,320,000
- Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, New Bedford: $202,200
- Keefe Regional Technical School (South Middlesex RVSD), Framingham: $575,470
- Lynn Public Schools, Lynn: $720,000
- Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District, Lexington: $799,923
- Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, Fitchburg: $970,000.
- Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Westford: $800,000
- Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, Rochester: $335,000
- Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, Palmer: $730,000
- Salem High School, Salem: $1,489,998
- Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Northampton: $479,998
- South Shore Regional School District, Hanover: $3,929,999
- Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, Franklin: $883,955
- Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, Bourne: $419,996
- Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, Haverhill: $931,000
- Somerville Public Schools, Somerville: $50,000 to plan and prepare for the implementation of future training
