Congressman Tonko Announces Federal Job Training Funds for Schenectady

Congressman Paul Tonko recently announced the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Schenectady will receive $55,533 from the Housing and Urban Development’s Family Self Sufficiency Program. These funds are awarded to public housing authorities to hire a program coordinator who will enable local residents to gain more access to training opportunities for jobs, job placement organizations as well as local employers.

“These investments will enable those who are unemployed, and many of whom have been for a long period, the opportunity to retrain and retool their skills to ensure they can get back to work and help get the economy moving again,” said Rep. Tonko. “These local hires will help locally unemployed people find work and put their skills back to work. We must continue to focus on rebuilding our economy, which is my top priority. Creating sound jobs on the road to recovery takes investments such as this to help bring down the unemployment rate and retrain the workforce of the future.”

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