OMA’s 2023 Workforce Services Roadmap Now Available
For the past six years, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Workforce Roadmap has helped guide Ohio’s manufacturing sector by outlining top priorities and strategies aimed at protecting and growing Ohio manufacturing. The most recent Roadmap, which was released January 27, 2023, can be found here.
The Workforce Roadmap outlines the following as top priorities for modern manufacturing workforce development in 2023:
- Expand earn-and-learn programs to engage, evaluate, and employ recruits.
- Accelerate the development of a statewide Innovation/Industry 4.0 education and workforce development environment.
- Develop the structures and processes that help manufacturers hire and retain workers through a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lens.
- Strengthen and expand the capacity of OMA’s ISPs (Industry Sector Partnerships).
PORT AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE $3.5 MILLION STATE GRANT One-Time Strategic Community Investment Fund Grant to Support Airport Infrastructure
(Wilmington, Ohio) The Clinton County Port Authority is one of several entities in the State of Ohio that will receive funding from a unique, one-time $700 million fund established by the Ohio General Assembly. The One-Time Strategic Community Investment Fund (OTSCIF)...
Ottawa County $1.5M to Expand Workforce Programs
Ottawa County Receives $1.5 million to Expand Workforce Programs This week, the Ohio State Senate appropriated $700 million in projects included in SB 288 that will fund initiatives across the state through this one-time Strategic Community Investments fund. One of...
OHIO-BASED OMNI SYSTEMS CONTINUES GROWTH WITH ACQUISITION OF WEST CHESTER MANUFACTURER
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