Philadelphia hopes to put some 250 residents to work with $1.2 million in grants to 4 nonprofits

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia is giving $1.2 million to four workforce training programs, in hopes of securing jobs for some 250 students. The jobs are mostly in the medical field but also include some city jobs.

Employers such as Penn Medicine and Temple Health need medical assistants, and thousands of Philadelphians need jobs. The city’s Workforce Solutions Grants are designed to connect one group with the other by funding nonprofits that provide training and certificate programs — such as the Opportunities Industrialization Center.

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