{"id":95505,"date":"2025-07-27T01:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95505\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T01:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:30:10","slug":"florida-state-college-at-jacksonville-receives-390k-grant-to-address-skilled-trades-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95505\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State College at Jacksonville receives $390K grant to address skilled trades shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) has been awarded a two-year Gable Grant from the Lowe\u2019s Foundation, receiving $390,000 to address the skilled trades worker shortage in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">The grant will enable FSCJ to enhance training programs for aspiring electricians, construction professionals, and HVAC technicians, thereby strengthening communities and improving access to high-demand trades careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">\u201cThanks to the Lowe\u2019s Foundation Gable Grant, FSCJ will transform access to high-demand careers through an innovative construction training initiative called \u2018EmpowerEd by Lowe\u2019s,\u2019 which was developed to bring educational and training opportunities directly to those who need it most,\u201d said College President John Avendano, Ph.D. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">\u201cThis program is more than job training and workforce development; it\u2019s an opportunity to restore lives while also strengthening our community both now and far into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">The funding is part of the Lowe\u2019s Foundation\u2019s initiative to expand its network of Gable Grants recipients to 60 organizations nationwide, each focused on creating scalable pathways into trades careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Since the launch of the Gable Grants program in 2023, the foundation has committed $43 million across 28 states, intending to train 50,000 trades professionals over five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">The grant will also support the recruitment of skilled instructors and provide necessary educational materials, spaces, and equipment, addressing workforce needs for large construction projects in the service area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) has been awarded a two-year Gable Grant from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,3188,723,55836,7324,7310,7327,62889,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-95505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cbs47","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-state-college-at-jacksonville","14":"tag-fox30","15":"tag-jacksonville","16":"tag-jacksonville-fl","17":"tag-lowes-fpundation","18":"tag-northeast-florida","19":"tag-southeast-georgia","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-wfox","27":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114922613865024286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}