TechHire Maine gets $4M boost for IT employment training
The Brunswick-based nonprofit Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. and EducateMaine have received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support the TechHire Maine program that helps displaced and young workers enter the state’s information technology industry.
CCWI, which serves Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties, provides coaching, paid internships, on-the-job training and IT boot camps.
Through partnerships with employers including Goodwill Workforce Solutions and Axiom Technologies, the nonprofit trains workers for jobs like computer systems analysts, software developers and IT project managers, according to a release announcing the funding.
“This grant is great news for getting Maine people back to work in good-paying jobs that have bright potential for the future,” U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said in a statement announcing the grant funding. “The information technology industry is one of our state’s most promising options for filling the gap left by the loss of papermaking and manufacturing jobs across the state.”
TechHire Maine was one of 39 partnerships across the country that received a total of more than $150 million in funding through the Department of Labor’s TechHire program.
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