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Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Building on Community-Based Efforts to Promote Jobs and Careers

BOSTON, MA (August 25, 2010) – At a time when concern about job growth dominates the economic news, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a new $1.1 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.

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August 25, 2010

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Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions

08/25/2010

| BY National Fund Staff

At a time when concern about job growth dominates the economic news, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a new $1.1 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.

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Coverage of National Fund sites receiving the Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration

Coverage of National Fund sites receiving the Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration includes the Wichita Business Journal (April 28, 2010) reporting on the Preparation for Aviation and Advanced Career Employment System (PACES), the funding collaborative in Wichita.

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Preparation for Aviation Career Employment System

The mission of PACES is to create a more accessible and flexible employment and training system to move unemployed and underemployed workers into high-demand and high-skill careers into both the aviation and health care industries.

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