skills training

Workforce Network, Inc. (WNI) is a nonprofit that empowers employers  to hire and retain workers with skills they need and for workers to have  good jobs, advancement opportunities and family-sustaining wages.

Working with our economic development corporations, employers,  education providers and community stakeholders throughout Burnet, Blanco and  Llano counties, we are building a pipeline of skilled workers for the  industry sectors that drive the economic prosperity of the Highland  Lakes. From 2016-2022, we have secured $415,000 in public and private  grants to train 170 adult workers in high demand occupations such as  food preparation, plumbing, electrical, nurse aides and medical  assistants.

In September 2022, WNI received $4.6 million to develop job training  programs in the counties of Burnet, Blanco and Llano. The pool of money  came from $12 million awarded to Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area  (WSRCA) from a federal grant through the American Rescue Plan Act. The $4.6 million will be used to fund job training programs in the  Skilled Trades (Plumbing, Electric, HVAC, Welding, CDL), Healthcare  (LVN,RN, Social Work) and Finance/IT (Banking, Bookkeeping, Information  Technology).  

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