A two-year $200,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase will help South Louisiana Community College train displaced workers from the oil and gas industry for available jobs in the region – filling unmet workforce needs. The Acadiana Opportunity Workforce Readiness grant is a collaboration between Acadiana Opportunity – an initiative that aims to retrain and reemploy oil and gas workers into high-demand jobs in the Acadiana region; OneAcadiana; the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Louisiana Economic Development; and the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
This Wednesday, the college will host a press conference to announce further details about this partnership.
