After the Riots / NEWS IN BRIEF : JOB TRAINING : $7-Million Education Grant Announced
The Los Angeles County Office of Education will receive a $7-million grant to provide a variety of job training and education services to more than 2,700 high school dropouts, at-risk youths and unemployed adults.
The grant--announced by U.S. Education Secretary Lamar Alexander as part of the federal government’s effort to help rebuild riot-torn neighborhoods--will be used to provide English lessons, vocational training and literacy instruction to 1,200 students, and job training and placement to another 1,590 people.
The one-year project will be coordinated through the Los Angeles County Office of Education.
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